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. Khantao Yu, Wirth, West, S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2026 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06486

type Khantao talpoides Yu, Wirth, West, S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2026; gender neuter

Khantao talpoides Yu, Wirth, West, S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067287 TYPE SPECIES

Khantao talpoides Yu et al., 2026: 162, f. 1, 5-47, 107, 115-116 (Dmf) Original description

Khantao xinhuaensis (Zhu & Zhang, 2008) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041979

Selenocosmia xinhuaensis Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 436, f. 7A-I (Dm) Original description

Khantao xinhuaensis Yu et al., 2026: 168, f. 2, 48-56, 58-77, 110, 115 (m, Df, T from Selenocosmia)

Khantao xuanae Yu, Wirth, West, S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067288

Khantao xuanae Yu et al., 2026: 171, f. 78-85, 109, 115, 118 (Df) Original description

Khantao ya Yu, Wirth, West, S. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067289

Khantao ya Yu et al., 2026: 181, f. 3-4, 86-106, 108, 115, 117, 119 (Dmf) Original description