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Theraphosidae
Thorell, 1869
- tarantulas and bird spiders
(spider)
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Entity:
Avicularioidea (Superfamily)
..Actinopodidae (Family)
..Anamidae (Family)
..Atracidae (Family)
..Barychelidae (Family)
..Bemmeridae (Family)
..Ctenizidae (Family) - trap-door spiders
..Cyrtaucheniidae (Family)
..Dipluridae (Family) - funnel-web spiders
..Entypesidae (Family)
..Euagridae (Family)
..Euctenizidae (Family)
..†Fossilcalcaridae (Family)
..Halonoproctidae (Family)
..Hexathelidae (Family)
..Idiopidae (Family)
..Ischnothelidae (Family)
..Macrothelidae (Family)
..Microhexuridae (Family)
..Microstigmatidae (Family)
..Migidae (Family)
..Nemesiidae (Family)
..Paratropididae (Family)
..Porrhothelidae (Family)
..Pycnothelidae (Family)
..Rhytidicolidae (Family)
..Stasimopidae (Family)
..Theraphosidae (Family) - tarantulas and bird spiders
....Abdomegaphobema (Genus)
....Acanthopelma (Genus)
....Acanthoscurria (Genus)
....Acentropelma (Genus)
....Aenigmarachne (Genus)
....Agnostopelma (Genus)
....Aguapanela (Genus)
....Amazonius (Genus)
....Annandaliella (Genus)
....Anoploscelus (Genus)
....Anqasha (Genus)
....Antikuna (Genus)
....Antillena (Genus)
....Aphonopelma (Genus)
....Augacephalus (Genus)
....Avicularia (Genus)
....Aviculariinae (Subfamily)
....Bacillochilus (Genus)
....Batesiella (Genus)
....Bermejoa (Genus)
....Birupes (Genus)
....Bistriopelma (Genus)
....Bonnetina (Genus)
....Brachionopus (Genus)
....Brachypelma (Genus)
....Bumba (Genus)
....Cardiopelma (Genus)
....Caribena (Genus)
....Catanduba (Genus)
....Catumiri (Genus)
....Ceratogyrus (Genus)
....Chaetopelma (Genus)
....Chilobrachys (Genus)
....Chinchaysuyu (Genus)
....Chromatopelma (Genus)
....Citharacanthus (Genus)
....Citharognathus (Genus)
....Clavopelma (Genus)
....Coremiocnemis (Genus)
....Cotztetlana (Genus)
....Crassicrus (Genus)
....Crypsidromus (Genus)
....Cubanana (Genus)
....Cyclosternum (Genus)
....Cymbiapophysa (Genus)
....Cyriocosmus (Genus)
....Cyriopagopus (Genus)
....Cyrtogrammomma (Genus)
....Cyrtopholis (Genus)
....Davus (Genus)
....Dolichothele (Genus)
....Dugesiella (Genus)
....Encyocratella (Genus)
....Encyocrates (Genus)
....Ephebopus (Genus)
....Euathlus (Genus)
....Eucratoscelus (Genus)
....Eumenophorus (Genus)
....Eupalaestrus (Genus)
....Euphrictus (Genus)
....Euthycaelus (Genus)
....Grammostola (Genus)
....Guyruita (Genus)
....Hapalopus (Genus)
....Hapalotremus (Genus)
....Haploclastus (Genus)
....Haplocosmia (Genus)
....Harpactira (Genus)
....Harpactirella (Genus)
....Hemirrhagus (Genus)
....Heterophrictus (Genus)
....Heteroscodra (Genus)
....Heterothele (Genus)
....Holothele (Genus)
....Homoeomma (Genus)
....Hysterocrates (Genus)
....Idiothele (Genus)
....Iridopelma (Genus)
....†Ischnocolinopsis (Genus)
....Ischnocolus (Genus)
....Isiboroa (Genus)
....Jambu (Genus)
....Kankuamo (Genus)
....Kochiana (Genus)
....Lampropelma (Genus)
....Lasiocyano (Genus)
....Lasiodora (Genus)
....Lasiodorides (Genus)
....Longilyra (Genus)
....Loxomphalia (Genus)
....Loxoptygus (Genus)
....Lyrognathus (Genus)
....Magnacarina (Genus)
....Mascaraneus (Genus)
....Megaphobema (Genus)
....Melloina (Genus)
....Melognathus (Genus)
....Metriopelma (Genus)
....Miaschistopus (Genus)
....Monocentropus (Genus)
....Munduruku (Genus)
....Murphyarachne (Genus)
....Mygalarachne (Genus)
....Myostola (Genus)
....Neischnocolus (Genus)
....Neoheterophrictus (Genus)
....Neoholothele (Genus)
....Neostenotarsus (Genus)
....Nesiergus (Genus)
....Nesipelma (Genus)
....Nhandu (Genus)
....Notahapalopus (Genus)
....Omothymus (Genus)
....Ornithoctonus (Genus)
....Orphnaecus (Genus)
....Ozopactus (Genus)
....Pachistopelma (Genus)
....Pamphobeteus (Genus)
....Parvicarina (Genus)
....Pelinobius (Genus)
....Phlogiellus (Genus)
....Phoneyusa (Genus)
....Phormictopus (Genus)
....Phormingochilus (Genus)
....Phrixotrichus (Genus)
....Plesiopelma (Genus)
....Plesiophrictus (Genus)
....Poecilotheria (Genus)
....†Protertheraphosinae (Subfamily)
....Psalistops (Genus)
....Psalmopoeus (Genus)
....Psednocnemis (Genus)
....Pseudhapalopus (Genus)
....Pseudoschizopelma (Genus)
....Pterinochilus (Genus)
....Pterinopelma (Genus)
....Reichlingia (Genus)
....Reversopelma (Genus)
....Sahydroaraneus (Genus)
....Sandinista (Genus)
....Schismatothele (Genus)
....Schizopelma (Genus)
....Scopelobates (Genus)
....Selenocosmia (Genus)
....Selenocosmiinae (Subfamily)
....Selenogyrus (Genus)
....Selenotholus (Genus)
....Selenotypus (Genus)
....Sericopelma (Genus)
....Sickius (Genus)
....Sphaerobothria (Genus)
....Spinosatibiapalpus (Genus)
....Stichoplastoris (Genus)
....Stromatopelma (Genus)
....Taksinus (Genus)
....Tapinauchenius (Genus)
....Tekoapora (Genus)
....Thalerommata (Genus)
....Theraphosa (Genus)
....Thrigmopoeus (Genus)
....Thrixopelma (Genus)
....Tliltocatl (Genus)
....Tmesiphantes (Genus)
....Trichognathella (Genus)
....Trichopelma (Genus)
....Typhochlaena (Genus)
....Umbyquyra (Genus)
....Urupelma (Genus)
....Vitalius (Genus)
....Xenesthis (Genus)
....Yanomamius (Genus)
....Ybyrapora (Genus)
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 of
:
Theraphosoidea
(Superfamily)
Thorell, 1869
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Theraphosinae
(Subfamily)
Thorell, 1869
Type
:
Theraphosa
(Genus)
Walckenaer, 1805 sensu Thorell, 1870, nom. subst., nom. protect.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Aviculariidae
(Family)
Simon, 1874
Ref:
J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023
: 144.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
echte vogelspinnen
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
tarantulas and bird spiders
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28 Aug 2026