World Spider Catalog

Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: for the year of description (1869 vs. 1870) see Sherwood et al., 2021: 396, Breitling, 2021b published a different opinion; Raven, 1994: 333 considered the Trichopelmatinae (genera Trichopelma and Psalistops) to belong to the Theraphosidae rather than to Barychelidae, but has not provided a phylogenetic argument for this change; Trichopelma was finally transferred to the Theraphosidae (Guadanucci, 2014: 514) as well as Psalistops (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 37), so in fact Trichopelmatinae is now transferred to Theraphosidae; the monophyly of Theraphosidae and of the most recognized theraphosid subfamilies was confirmed by Lüddecke et al., 2018 and by Foley et al., 2019.

Gen. Oligoxystre Vellard, 1924 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00256

type Oligoxystre auratum Vellard, 1924; gender neuter

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Cenobiopelma Mello-Leitão & Arlé, 1934 (transferred here from the Barychelidae by Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1970a: 152) by Raven, 1985a: 150, and of Pseudoligoxystre Vol, 2001b: 3, type P. bolivianum Vol, 2001, by Guadanucci, 2007: 2.

Transferred to other genera:

Oligoxystre argentinense (Mello-Leitão, 1941) -- see Catumiri

Oligoxystre auratum Vellard, 1924 -- see Dolichothele

Oligoxystre bolivianum (Vol, 2001) -- see Dolichothele

Oligoxystre caatinga Guadanucci, 2007 -- see Dolichothele

Oligoxystre diamantinensis Bertani, Santos & Righi, 2009 -- see Dolichothele

Oligoxystre dominguense Guadanucci, 2007 -- see Dolichothele

Oligoxystre mineirum Guadanucci, 2011 -- see Dolichothele

Oligoxystre rufoniger Guadanucci, 2007 -- see Dolichothele

Oligoxystre tucuruiense Guadanucci, 2007 -- see Dolichothele