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Taxon: Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 - tarantulas and bird spiders (spider)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation T. Thorell, 1869
Original name Thorell, T. 1869. Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsal. (3) 7 (fasc. 1, art. 5): 25, 29 (footnote 1). ("Theraphosoidæ").
Subsequent publication Thorell, T. 1869[1870]. Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsal. (3) 7 (2): 161 ("Fam."), 230 ("family"). ("Theraphosoidæ").
Source for the authorship Sherwood, D., Blick, T., Gabriel, R. & Lucas, S.M. 2021. Zootaxa 4950 (2): 396 ("Thorell, 1869"). [WSC, 18 Jul 2024].
Source for the authorship Breitling, R. 2021. Bionomina 24 (1): abstract ("Thorell, 1870").
Elaboration on authorship Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 20 Jul 2024.

Attributes

Type genus not mentioned, but inferred from the stem [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.7.1.1] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 20 Jul 2024.
Available family-group name from available generic name [ICZN, 1999: Art. 12.2.4 (<1931)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 20 Jul 2024.

Types

Nominotypical taxon ofTheraphosoidea (Superfamily) Thorell, 1869
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Theraphosinae (Subfamily) Thorell, 1869
TypeTheraphosa (Genus) Walckenaer, 1805 sensu Thorell, 1870, nom. subst., nom. protect.

Synonyms

Synonymous nameAviculariidae (Family) Simon, 1874 Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 144.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameechte vogelspinnen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nametarantulas and bird spiders
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