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]

A edit

Acanthopelma edit

Acanthopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

Acanthoscurria edit

Acanthoscurria
Brazilian white knee tarantula
(Acanthoscurria geniculata)

Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871

Acentropelma edit

Acentropelma Pocock, 1901

Aenigmarachne edit

Aenigmarachne Schmidt, 2005

Agnostopelma edit

Agnostopelma Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2010

Aguapanela edit

Aguapanela Perafán & Cifuentes, 2015

Amazonius edit

Amazonius Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022

Annandaliella edit

Annandaliella Hirst, 1909

Anoploscelus edit

Anoploscelus Pocock, 1897

Anqasha edit

Anqasha Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022

Antikuna edit

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

Antillena edit

Antillena Bertani, Huff & Fukushima, 2017

Aphonopelma edit

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

Augacephalus edit

Augacephalus Gallon, 2002

Avicularia edit

Avicularia Lamarck, 1818

B edit

Bacillochilus edit

Bacillochilus Gallon, 2010

Batesiella edit

Batesiella Pocock, 1903

Birupes edit

Birupes Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019

Bistriopelma edit

Bistriopelma Kaderka, 2015

Bonnetina edit

Bonnetina Vol, 2000

Brachionopus edit

Brachionopus Pocock, 1897

Brachypelma edit

Brachypelma Simon, 1891

Bumba edit

Bumba Pérez-Miles, Bonaldo & Miglio, 2014

C edit

Cardiopelma edit

Cardiopelma Vol, 1999

Caribena edit

Caribena
Martinique pinktoe
(Caribena versicolor)

Caribena Fukushima & Bertani, 2017

Catanduba edit

Catanduba Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012

Catumiri edit

Catumiri Guadanucci, 2004

Ceratogyrus edit

Ceratogyrus Pocock, 1897

Chaetopelma edit

Chaetopelma

Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871

Chilobrachys edit

Chilobrachys Karsch, 1892

Chromatopelma edit

Chromatopelma
Greenbottle blue tarantula
(Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens)

Chromatopelma Schmidt, 1995

Citharacanthus edit

Citharacanthus Pocock, 1901

Citharognathus edit

Citharognathus Pocock, 1895

Clavopelma edit

Clavopelma Chamberlin, 1940

Coremiocnemis edit

Coremiocnemis Simon, 1892

Cotztetlana edit

Cotztetlana Mendoza, 2012

Crassicrus edit

Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996

Cubanana edit

Cubanana Ortiz, 2008

Cyclosternum edit

Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871

Cymbiapophysa edit

Cymbiapophysa Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020

Cyriocosmus edit

Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903

Cyriopagopus edit

Cyriopagopus
Cobalt blue tarantula
(Cyriopagopus lividus)

Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887

Cyrtogrammomma edit

Cyrtogrammomma Pocock, 1895

Cyrtopholis edit

Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892

D edit

Davus edit

Davus
Costa Rican tiger rump
(Davus fasciatus)

Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892

Dolichothele edit

Dolichothele

Dolichothele Mello-Leitão, 1923

E edit

Encyocratella edit

Encyocratella Strand, 1907

Encyocrates edit

Encyocrates Simon, 1892

Ephebopus edit

Ephebopus
Skeleton tarantula
(Ephebopus murinus)

Ephebopus Simon, 1892

Euathlus edit

Euathlus Ausserer, 1875

Eucratoscelus edit

Eucratoscelus Pocock, 1898

Eumenophorus edit

Eumenophorus Pocock, 1897

Eupalaestrus edit

Eupalaestrus
Pink zebra beauty
(Eupalaestrus campestratus)

Eupalaestrus Pocock, 1901

Euphrictus edit

Euphrictus Hirst, 1908

Euthycaelus edit

Euthycaelus Simon, 1889

G edit

Grammostola edit

Grammostola
Chilean rose tarantula
(Grammostola rosea)

Grammostola Simon, 1892

Guyruita edit

Guyruita Guadanucci, Lucas, Indicatti & Yamamoto, 2007

H edit

Hapalopus edit

Hapalopus

Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875

Hapalotremus edit

Hapalotremus Simon, 1903

Haploclastus edit

Haploclastus Simon, 1892

Haplocosmia edit

Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996

Harpactira edit

Harpactira Ausserer, 1871

Harpactirella edit

Harpactirella Purcell, 1902

Hemirrhagus edit

Hemirrhagus Simon, 1903

Heterophrictus edit

Heterophrictus Pocock, 1900

Heteroscodra edit

Heteroscodra
Togo starburst
(Heteroscodra maculata)

Heteroscodra Pocock, 1900

Heterothele edit

Heterothele Karsch, 1879

Holothele edit

Holothele Karsch, 1879

Homoeomma edit

Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871

Hysterocrates edit

Hysterocrates Simon, 1892

I edit

Idiothele edit

Idiothele Hewitt, 1919

Iridopelma edit

Iridopelma Pocock, 1901

Ischnocolus edit

Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871

K edit

Kankuamo edit

Kankuamo Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2016

Kochiana edit

Kochiana Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008

L edit

Lampropelma edit

Lampropelma Simon, 1892

Lasiocyano edit

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

Lasiodora edit

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

Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850

Lasiodorides edit

Lasiodorides Schmidt & Bischoff, 1997

Longilyra edit

Longilyra Gabriel, 2014

Loxomphalia edit

Loxomphalia Simon, 1889

Loxoptygus edit

Loxoptygus Simon, 1903

Lyrognathus edit

Lyrognathus Pocock, 1895

M edit

Magnacarina edit

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

Mascaraneus edit

Mascaraneus Gallon, 2005

Megaphobema edit

Megaphobema
Orange kneed tarantula
(Megaphobema mesomelas)

Megaphobema Pocock, 1901

Melloina edit

Melloina Brignoli, 1985

Melognathus edit

Melognathus Chamberlin, 1917

Metriopelma edit

Metriopelma Becker, 1878

Miaschistopus edit

Miaschistopus Pocock, 1897

Monocentropus edit

Monocentropus Pocock, 1897

Munduruku edit

Munduruku Miglio, Bonaldo & Pérez-Miles, 2013

Murphyarachne edit

Murphyarachne Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022

Mygalarachne edit

Mygalarachne Ausserer, 1871

Myostola edit

Myostola Simon, 1903

N edit

Neischnocolus edit

Neischnocolus Petrunkevitch, 1925

Neoheterophrictus edit

Neoheterophrictus

Neoheterophrictus Siliwal & Raven, 2012

Neoholothele edit

Neoholothele Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2015

Neostenotarsus edit

Neostenotarsus Pribik & Weinmann, 2004

Nesiergus edit

Nesiergus Simon, 1903

Nesipelma edit

Nesipelma Schmidt & Kovařík, 1996

Nhandu edit

Nhandu Lucas, 1983

O edit

Omothymus edit

Omothymus Thorell, 1891

Ornithoctonus edit

Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892

Orphnaecus edit

Orphnaecus
Philippine orange tarantula
(Orphnaecus philippinus)

Orphnaecus Simon, 1892

Ozopactus edit

Ozopactus Simon, 1889

P edit

Pachistopelma edit

Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901

Pamphobeteus edit

Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901

Pelinobius edit

Pelinobius
King baboon spider
(Pelinobius muticus)

Pelinobius Karsch, 1885

Phlogiellus edit

Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897

Phoneyusa edit

Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884

Phormictopus edit

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

Phormictopus Pocock, 1901

Phormingochilus edit

Phormingochilus Pocock, 1895

Phrixotrichus edit

Phrixotrichus Simon, 1889

Plesiopelma edit

Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901

Plesiophrictus edit

Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899

Poecilotheria edit

Poecilotheria
Indian ornamental
(Poecilotheria regalis), female

Poecilotheria Simon, 1885

Proshapalopus edit

Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923

Psalistops edit

Psalistops Simon, 1889

Psalmopoeus edit

Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895

Psednocnemis edit

Psednocnemis West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012

Pseudhapalopus edit

Pseudhapalopus
Pseudhapalopus sp.

Pseudhapalopus Strand, 1907

Pseudoschizopelma edit

Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995

Pterinochilus edit

Pterinochilus
Kilimanjaro mustard baboon spider
(Pterinochilus chordatus)

Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897

Pterinopelma edit

Pterinopelma Pocock, 1901

R edit

Reichlingia edit

Reichlingia Rudloff, 2001

Reversopelma edit

Reversopelma Schmidt, 2001

S edit

Sahydroaraneus edit

Sahydroaraneus Mirza & Sanap, 2014

Sandinista edit

Sandinista Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019

Schismatothele edit

Schismatothele Karsch, 1879

Schizopelma edit

Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897

Scopelobates edit

Scopelobates Simon, 1903

Selenocosmia edit

Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871

Selenogyrus edit

Selenogyrus Pocock, 1897

Selenotholus edit

Selenotholus Hogg, 1902

Selenotypus edit

Selenotypus Pocock, 1895

Sericopelma edit

Sericopelma
Sericopelma sp.

Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875

Sickius edit

Sickius Soares & Camargo, 1948

Sphaerobothria edit

Sphaerobothria Karsch, 1879

Spinosatibiapalpus edit

Spinosatibiapalpus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020

Stichoplastoris edit

Stichoplastoris Rudloff, 1997

Stromatopelma edit

Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881

T edit

Taksinus edit

Taksinus Songsangchote, Sippawat, Khaikaew & Chomphuphuang, 2022

Tapinauchenius edit

Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871

Theraphosa edit

Theraphosa
Goliath birdeater
(Theraphosa blondi)

Theraphosa Thorell, 1870

Thrigmopoeus edit

Thrigmopoeus Pocock, 1899

Thrixopelma edit

Thrixopelma
Thrixopelma ockerti, juvenile female

Thrixopelma Schmidt, 1994

Tliltocatl edit

Tliltocatl
Mexican red rump
(Tliltocatl vagans)

Tliltocatl Jorge & Oscar, 2019

Tmesiphantes edit

Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892

Trichognathella edit

Trichognathella Gallon, 2004

Trichopelma edit

Trichopelma Simon, 1888

Typhochlaena edit

Typhochlaena C. L. Koch, 1850

U edit

Umbyquyra edit

Umbyquyra Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2018

V edit

Vitalius edit

Vitalius Lucas, Silva & Bertani, 1993

X edit

Xenesthis edit

Xenesthis
Colombian lesserblack tarantula
(Xenesthis immanis)

Xenesthis Simon, 1891

Y edit

Yanomamius edit

Yanomamius Bertani & Almeida, 2021

Ybyrapora edit

Ybyrapora

Ybyrapora Fukushima & Bertani, 2017

References edit

  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