List of Theraphosidae species

This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Theraphosidae. As of August 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepted 1041 species in 156 genera:[1]

Acanthopelma

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Acanthopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

Acanthoscurria

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Acanthoscurria
Brazilian white knee tarantula
(Acanthoscurria geniculata)

Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871

Acentropelma

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Acentropelma Pocock, 1901

Aenigmarachne

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Aenigmarachne Schmidt, 2005

Agnostopelma

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Agnostopelma Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2010

Aguapanela

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Aguapanela Perafán & Cifuentes, 2015

Amazonius

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Amazonius Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022

Annandaliella

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Annandaliella Hirst, 1909

Anoploscelus

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Anoploscelus Pocock, 1897

Anqasha

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Anqasha Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022

Antikuna

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Antikuna Kaderka, Ferretti, West, Lüddecke & Hüsser, 2021

Antillena

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Antillena Bertani, Huff & Fukushima, 2017

Aphonopelma

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Aphonopelma
Western desert tarantula
(Aphonopelma chalcodes)
Costa Rican zebra tarantula
(Aphonopelma seemanni)

Augacephalus

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Augacephalus Gallon, 2002

Avicularia

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Avicularia Lamarck, 1818

Bacillochilus

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Bacillochilus Gallon, 2010

Batesiella

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Batesiella Pocock, 1903

Birupes

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Birupes Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019

Bistriopelma

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Bistriopelma Kaderka, 2015

Bonnetina

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Bonnetina Vol, 2000

Brachionopus

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Brachionopus Pocock, 1897

Brachypelma

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Brachypelma Simon, 1891

Bumba

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Bumba Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014

Cardiopelma

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Cardiopelma Vol, 1999

Caribena

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Caribena
Martinique pinktoe
(Caribena versicolor)

Caribena Fukushima & Bertani, 2017

Catanduba

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Catanduba Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012

Catumiri

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Catumiri Guadanucci, 2004

Ceratogyrus

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Ceratogyrus Pocock, 1897

Chaetopelma

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Chaetopelma

Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871

Chilobrachys

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Chilobrachys Karsch, 1892

Chromatopelma

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Chromatopelma
Greenbottle blue tarantula
(Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)

Chromatopelma Schmidt, 1995

Citharacanthus

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Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901

Citharognathus

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Citharognathus Pocock, 1895

Clavopelma

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Clavopelma Chamberlin, 1940

Coremiocnemis

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Coremiocnemis Simon, 1892

Cotztetlana

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Cotztetlana Mendoza, 2012

Crassicrus

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Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996

Cubanana

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Cubanana Ortiz, 2008

Cyclosternum

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Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871

Cymbiapophysa

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Cymbiapophysa Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020

Cyriocosmus

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Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903

Cyriopagopus

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Cyriopagopus
Cobalt blue tarantula
(Cyriopagopus lividus)

Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887

Cyrtogrammomma

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Cyrtogrammomma Pocock, 1895

Cyrtopholis

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Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892

Davus

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Davus
Costa Rican tiger rump
(Davus fasciatus)

Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892

Dolichothele

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Dolichothele

Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923

Encyocratella

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Encyocratella Strand, 1907

Encyocrates

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Encyocrates Simon, 1892

Ephebopus

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Ephebopus
Skeleton tarantula
(Ephebopus murinus)

Ephebopus Simon, 1892

Euathlus

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Euathlus Ausserer, 1875

Eucratoscelus

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Eucratoscelus Pocock, 1898

Eumenophorus

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Eumenophorus Pocock, 1897

Eupalaestrus

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Eupalaestrus
Pink zebra beauty
(Eupalaestrus campestratus)

Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901

Euphrictus

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Euphrictus Hirst, 1908

Euthycaelus

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Euthycaelus Simon, 1889

Grammostola

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Grammostola
Chilean rose tarantula
(Grammostola rosea)

Grammostola Simon, 1892

Guyruita

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Guyruita Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007

Hapalopus

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Hapalopus

Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875

Hapalotremus

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Hapalotremus Simon, 1903

Haploclastus

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Haploclastus Simon, 1892

Haplocosmia

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Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996

Harpactira

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Harpactira Ausserer, 1871

Harpactirella

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Harpactirella Purcell, 1902

Hemirrhagus

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Hemirrhagus Simon, 1903

Heterophrictus

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Heterophrictus Pocock, 1900

Heteroscodra

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Heteroscodra
Togo starburst
(Heteroscodra maculata)

Heteroscodra Pocock, 1900

Heterothele

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Heterothele Karsch, 1879

Holothele

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Holothele Karsch, 1879

Homoeomma

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Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871

Hysterocrates

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Hysterocrates Simon, 1892

Idiothele

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Idiothele Hewitt, 1919

Iridopelma

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Iridopelma Pocock, 1901

Ischnocolus

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Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871

Kankuamo

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Kankuamo Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2016

Kochiana

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Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008

Lampropelma

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Lampropelma Simon, 1892

Lasiocyano

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Lasiocyano Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023[2]

Lasiodora

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Lasiodora
Brazilian red birdeater
(Lasiodora difficilis)
Brazilian salmon pink birdeater
(Lasiodora parahybana)

Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850

Lasiodorides

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Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997

Longilyra

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Longilyra Gabriel, 2014

Loxomphalia

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Loxomphalia Simon, 1889

Loxoptygus

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Loxoptygus Simon, 1903

Lyrognathus

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Lyrognathus Pocock, 1895

Magnacarina

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Magnacarina Mendoza, Locht, Kaderka, Medina & Pérez-Miles, 2016

Mascaraneus

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Mascaraneus Gallon, 2005

Megaphobema

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Megaphobema
Orange kneed tarantula
(Megaphobema mesomelas)

Megaphobema Pocock, 1901

Melloina

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Melloina Brignoli, 1985

Melognathus

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Melognathus Chamberlin, 1917

Metriopelma

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Metriopelma Becker, 1878

Miaschistopus

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Miaschistopus Pocock, 1897

Monocentropus

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Monocentropus Pocock, 1897

Munduruku

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Munduruku Miglio, Bonaldo & Pérez-Miles, 2013

Murphyarachne

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Murphyarachne Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022

Mygalarachne

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Mygalarachne Ausserer, 1871

Myostola

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Myostola Simon, 1903

Neischnocolus

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Neischnocolus Petrunkevitch, 1925

Neoheterophrictus

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Neoheterophrictus

Neoheterophrictus Siliwal & Raven, 2012

Neoholothele

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Neoholothele Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2015

Neostenotarsus

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Neostenotarsus Pribik & Weinmann, 2004

Nesiergus

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Nesiergus Simon, 1903

Nesipelma

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Nesipelma Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996

Nhandu

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Nhandu Lucas, 1983

Omothymus

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Omothymus Thorell, 1891

Ornithoctonus

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Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892

Orphnaecus

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Orphnaecus
Philippine orange tarantula
(Orphnaecus philippinus)

Orphnaecus Simon, 1892

Ozopactus

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Ozopactus Simon, 1889

Pachistopelma

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Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901

Pamphobeteus

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Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901

Pelinobius

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Pelinobius
King baboon spider
(Pelinobius muticus)

Pelinobius Karsch, 1885

Phlogiellus

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Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897

Phoneyusa

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Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884

Phormictopus

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Phormictopus
Cuban bronze tarantula (Phormictopus auratus)
Hispaniola giant tarantula
(Phormictopus cancerides)

Phormictopus Pocock, 1901

Phormingochilus

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Phormingochilus Pocock, 1895

Phrixotrichus

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Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889

Plesiopelma

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Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901

Plesiophrictus

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Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899

Poecilotheria

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Poecilotheria
Indian ornamental
(Poecilotheria regalis), female

Poecilotheria Simon, 1885

Proshapalopus

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Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923

Psalistops

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Psalistops Simon, 1889

Psalmopoeus

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Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895

Psednocnemis

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Psednocnemis West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012

Pseudhapalopus

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Pseudhapalopus
Pseudhapalopus sp.

Pseudhapalopus Strand, 1907

Pseudoschizopelma

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Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995

Pterinochilus

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Pterinochilus
Kilimanjaro mustard baboon spider
(Pterinochilus chordatus)

Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897

Pterinopelma

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Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901

Reichlingia

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Reichlingia Rudloff, 2001

Reversopelma

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Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001

Sahydroaraneus

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Sahydroaraneus Mirza & Sanap, 2014

Sandinista

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Sandinista Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019

Schismatothele

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Schismatothele Karsch, 1879

Schizopelma

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Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

Scopelobates

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Scopelobates Simon, 1903

Selenocosmia

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Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871

Selenogyrus

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Selenogyrus Pocock, 1897

Selenotholus

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Selenotholus Hogg, 1902

Selenotypus

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Selenotypus Pocock, 1895

Sericopelma

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Sericopelma
Sericopelma sp.

Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875

Sickius

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Sickius Soares & Camargo, 1948

Sphaerobothria

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Sphaerobothria Karsch, 1879

Spinosatibiapalpus

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Spinosatibiapalpus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020

Stichoplastoris

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Stichoplastoris Rudloff, 1997

Stromatopelma

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Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881

Taksinus

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Taksinus Songsangchote, Sippawat, Khaikaew & Chomphuphuang, 2022

Tapinauchenius

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Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871

Theraphosa

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Theraphosa
Goliath birdeater
(Theraphosa blondi)

Theraphosa Thorell, 1870

Thrigmopoeus

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Thrigmopoeus Pocock, 1899

Thrixopelma

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Thrixopelma
Thrixopelma ockerti, juvenile female

Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994

Tliltocatl

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Tliltocatl
Mexican red rump
(Tliltocatl vagans)

Tliltocatl Jorge & Oscar, 2019

Tmesiphantes

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Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892

Trichognathella

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Trichognathella Gallon, 2004

Trichopelma

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Trichopelma Simon, 1888

Typhochlaena

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Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850

Umbyquyra

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Umbyquyra Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2018

Vitalius

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Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993

Xenesthis

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Xenesthis
Colombian lesserblack tarantula
(Xenesthis immanis)

Xenesthis Simon, 1891

Yanomamius

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Yanomamius Bertani & Almeida, 2021

Ybyrapora

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Ybyrapora

Ybyrapora Fukushima & Bertani, 2017

References

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  1. ^ "Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. ^ "Gen. Lasiocyano Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 19 June 2023