Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0010] Detail
Gen. Harpactirella Purcell, 1902 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00231] Detail
type Harpactirella treleaveni Purcell, 1902; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred from the Barychelidae to the Theraphosidae by Raven, 1985a: 112 (that transfer was not accepted by Charpentier, 1993: 5, who nevertheless identified no close relatives of the genus among the known barychelids); not a senior synonym of Ashantia Strand, 1908 (Gallon, 2005d: 199, contra Raven, 1985a: 112); not a senior synonym of Luphocemus Denis, 1960 (Korba et al., 2022: 870, by transfer of the type species to Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871, contra Benoit, 1965c: 297).
Transferred to other genera:
Harpactirella flavipilosa Lawrence, 1936 -- see Pterinochilus
Harpactirella insidiosa (Denis, 1960) -- see Ischnocolus
Harpactirella latithorax (Strand, 1908) -- see Euathlus
Harpactirella leleupi Benoit, 1965 -- see Idiothele
Harpactirella domicola Purcell, 1903 | f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002070]
Harpactirella domicola Purcell, 1903b: 103 (Df).
Harpactirella helenae Purcell, 1903 | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002072]
Harpactirella helenae Purcell, 1903b: 101 (Dmf).
Harpactirella karrooica Purcell, 1902 | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002074]
Harpactirella karrooica Purcell, 1902a: 344 (Dmf).
Harpactirella lapidaria Purcell, 1908 | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002075]
Harpactirella lapidaria Purcell, 1908: 215, pl. 11, f. 3 (Dmf).
Harpactirella lapidaria Smith, 1990c: 90, f. 486 (m).
Harpactirella lightfooti Purcell, 1902 | f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002078]
Harpactirella lightfooti Purcell, 1902a: 346 (Df).
Harpactirella longipes Purcell, 1902 | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002079]
Harpactirella longipes Purcell, 1902a: 343 (Dmf).
Harpactirella longipes Purcell, 1908: 215, pl. 11, f. 2 (m).
Harpactirella longipes Smith, 1990c: 91, f. 487 (m).
Harpactirella magna Purcell, 1903 | f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002080]
Harpactirella magna Purcell, 1903b: 102 (Df).
Harpactirella overdijki Gallon, 2010 | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043397]
Harpactirella overdijki Gallon, 2010a: 35, pl. 15-16, f. 14-22 (Dmf).
Harpactirella schwarzi Purcell, 1904 | f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002081]
Harpactirella schwarzi Purcell, 1904: 126 (Df).
Harpactirella spinosa Purcell, 1908 | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002082]
Harpactirella spinosa Purcell, 1908: 214, pl. 11, f. 1 (Dmf).
Harpactirella spinosa Smith, 1990c: 91, f. 488 (m).
Harpactirella treleaveni Purcell, 1902 * | m f | South Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002083]
Harpactirella treleaveni Purcell, 1902a: 341 (Dmf).
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