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List of Theraphosidae species

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This page lists all described species of the spider family Theraphosidae as of June 7, 2006. Genera are sorted by subfamily.

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[edit] Sub-family Acanthopelminae

Sub-family Acanthopelminae, F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897

[edit] Acanthopelma

Acanthopelma F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897

[edit] Sub-family Aviculariinae

Sub-family Aviculariinae

[edit] Avicularia

Avicularia Lamarck, 1818

[edit] Ephebopus

Ephebopus Simon, 1892

[edit] Iridopelma

Iridopelma Pocock, 1901

[edit] Pachistopelma

Pachistopelma Pocock, 1901

[edit] Tapinauchenius

Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 1871


[edit] Sub-family Eumenophorinae

Sub-family Eumenophorinae are large tarantulas. These primarily come from Africa, with some species from the Middle East and Madagascar.

[edit] Anoploscelus

Anoploscelus Pocock, 1897

[edit] Batesiella

Batesiella Pocock, 1903

[edit] Citharischius

Citharischius Pocock, 1900

[edit] Encyocrates

Encyocrates Simon, 1892

[edit] Eumenophorus

Eumenophorus Pocock, 1897

[edit] Hysterocrates

Hysterocrates Simon, 1892

[edit] Loxomphalia

Loxomphalia Simon, 1889

[edit] Loxoptygus

Loxoptygus Simon, 1903


[edit] Mascaraneus

Mascaraneus Gallon, 2005


[edit] Monocentropus

Monocentropus Pocock, 1897


[edit] Myostola

Myostola Simon, 1903


[edit] Phoneyusa

Phoneyusa Karsch, 1884

[edit] Sub-family Harpactirinae

Sub-family Harpactirinae

[edit] Augacephalus

Augacephalus Gallon, 2002

[edit] Ceratogyrus

Ceratogyrus Pocock, 1897

[edit] Eucratoscelus

Eucratoscelus Pocock, 1898


[edit] Harpactira

Harpactira Ausserer, 1871

[edit] Harpactirella

Harpactirella Purcell, 1902

[edit] Idiothele

Idiothele Hewitt, 1919

[edit] Pterinochilus

Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897

[edit] Trichognathella

Trichognathella Gallon, 2004

[edit] Sub-family Ornithoctoninae

Sub-family Ornithoctoninae, Pocock, 1895.

[edit] Citharognathus

Citharognathus Pocock, 1895

[edit] Cyriopagopus

Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887

[edit] Haplopelma

Haplopelma Simon, 1892

[edit] Lampropelma

Lampropelma Simon, 1892

[edit] Ornithoctonus

Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892

[edit] Phormingochilus

Phormingochilus Pocock, 1895


[edit] Sub-family Ischnocolinae

Sub-family Ischnocolinae.

[edit] Catumiri

Catumiri Guadanucci, 2004

[edit] Chaetopelma

Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1871

[edit] Cratorrhagus

Cratorrhagus Simon, 1891

[edit] Hemiercus

Hemiercus Simon, 1903


[edit] Heterothele

Heterothele Karsch, 1879

[edit] Holothele

Holothele Karsch, 1879

[edit] Ischnocolus

Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1871

[edit] Nesiergus

Nesiergus Simon, 1903

[edit] Oligoxystre

Oligoxystre Vellard, 1924

[edit] Plesiophrictus

Plesiophrictus Pocock, 1899

[edit] Pseudoligoxystre

Pseudoligoxystre Vol, 2001

[edit] Sickius

Sickius Soares & Camargo, 1948

[edit] Sub-family Poecilotheriinae

Sub-family Poecilotheriinae. This sub-family, consisting of endangered tree spiders native to India and Sri Lanka, contains only one genus, Poecilotheria.

[edit] Poecilotheria

Poecilotheria Simon, 1885

[edit] Sub-family Selenocosmiinae

Sub family Selenocosmiinae. Primary tarantulas from East Asia and Australia.

[edit] Chilobrachys

Chilobrachys Karsch, 1891

[edit] Coremiocnemis

Coremiocnemis Simon, 1892

[edit] Haplocosmia

Haplocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1996

[edit] Lyrognathus

Lyrognathus Pocock, 1895

[edit] Orphnaecus

Orphnaecus Simon, 1892

[edit] Phlogiellus

Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897

[edit] Psalmopoeus

Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1895

[edit] Selenobrachys

Selenobrachys Schmidt, 1999

[edit] Selenocosmia

Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871

[edit] Selenotholus

Selenotholus Hogg, 1902

[edit] Selenotypus

Selenotypus Pocock, 1895

[edit] Yamia

Yamia Kishida, 1920

[edit] Sub-family Selenogyrinae

Sub-family Selenogyrinae, consisting of tarantulas from India and Africa.

[edit] Annandaliella

Annandaliella Hirst, 1909

[edit] Euphrictus

Euphrictus Hirst, 1908

[edit] Selenogyrus

Selenogyrus Pocock, 1897


[edit] Sub-family Stromatopelminae

Sub-family Stromatopelminae are tree-dwelling tarantulas from western Africa. This sub-family contains three genera. A prior fourth genus, Xenodendrophila, had a single species which was found to have Encyocratella olivacea as a senior synonym.

[edit] Encyocratella

Encyocratella Strand, 1907

[edit] Heteroscodra

Heteroscodra Pocock, 1899

[edit] Stromatopelma

Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881

[edit] Sub-family Theraphosinae

Sub-family Theraphosinae consists of new-world terrestrial tarantulas with urticating hairs. The majority of spiders kept as pets are of this sub-family.

[edit] Acanthoscurria

Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871