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Theraphosidae
Thorell, 1870
- tarantulas and bird spiders
(arachnid)
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Entity:
Theraphosoidea (Superfamily)
..Paratropididae (Family)
..Theraphosidae (Family) - tarantulas and bird spiders
....Acanthopelma (Genus)
....Acanthoscurria (Genus)
....Aenigmarachne (Genus)
....Ami (Genus)
....Annandaliella (Genus)
....Anoploscelus (Genus)
....Aphonopelma (Genus)
....Augacephalus (Genus)
....Avicularia (Genus)
....Batesiella (Genus)
....Bonnetina (Genus)
....Brachionopus (Genus)
....Brachypelma (Genus)
....Cardiopelma (Genus)
....Catumiri (Genus)
....Ceratogyrus (Genus)
....Chaetopelma (Genus)
....Chilobrachys (Genus)
....Chromatopelma (Genus)
....Citharacanthus (Genus)
....Citharischius (Genus)
....Citharognathus (Genus)
....Clavopelma (Genus)
....Coremiocnemis (Genus)
....Crassicrus (Genus)
....Cubanana (Genus)
....Cyclosternum (Genus)
....Cyriocosmus (Genus)
....Cyriopagopus (Genus)
....Cyrtopholis (Genus)
....Encyocratella (Genus)
....Encyocrates (Genus)
....Ephebopus (Genus)
....Euathlus (Genus)
....Eucratoscelus (Genus)
....Eumenophorus (Genus)
....Eupalaestrus (Genus)
....Euphrictus (Genus)
....Grammostola (Genus)
....Guyruita (Genus)
....Hapalopus (Genus)
....Hapalotremus (Genus)
....Haploclastus (Genus)
....Haplocosmia (Genus)
....Haplopelma (Genus)
....Harpactira (Genus)
....Harpactirella (Genus)
....Hemiercus (Genus)
....Hemirrhagus (Genus)
....Heteroscodra (Genus)
....Heterothele (Genus)
....Holothele (Genus)
....Homoeomma (Genus)
....Hysterocrates (Genus)
....Idiothele (Genus)
....Iridopelma (Genus)
....Ischnocolinae (Subfamily)
....Ischnocolus (Genus)
....Kochiana (Genus)
....Lampropelma (Genus)
....Lasiodora (Genus)
....Lasiodorides (Genus)
....Loxomphalia (Genus)
....Loxoptygus (Genus)
....Lyrognathus (Genus)
....Magulla (Genus)
....Maraca (Genus)
....Mascaraneus (Genus)
....Megaphobema (Genus)
....Melloleitaoina (Genus)
....Metriopelma (Genus)
....Monocentropus (Genus)
....Myostola (Genus)
....Neostenotarsus (Genus)
....Nesiergus (Genus)
....Nesipelma (Genus)
....Nhandu (Genus)
....Oligoxystre (Genus)
....Ornithoctonus (Genus)
....Orphnaecus (Genus)
....Ozopactus (Genus)
....Pachistopelma (Genus)
....Pamphobeteus (Genus)
....Paraphysa (Genus)
....Phlogiellus (Genus)
....Phoneyusa (Genus)
....Phormictopus (Genus)
....Phormingochilus (Genus)
....Plesiopelma (Genus)
....Plesiophrictus (Genus)
....Poecilotheria (Genus)
....Proshapalopus (Genus)
....Psalmopoeus (Genus)
....Pseudhapalopus (Genus)
....Pterinochilus (Genus)
....Pterinopelma (Genus)
....Reversopelma (Genus)
....Schismatothele (Genus)
....Schizopelma (Genus)
....Selenobrachys (Genus)
....Selenocosmia (Genus)
....Selenogyrus (Genus)
....Selenotholus (Genus)
....Selenotypus (Genus)
....Sericopelma (Genus)
....Sickius (Genus)
....Sphaerobothria (Genus)
....Stichoplastoris (Genus)
....Stromatopelma (Genus)
....Tapinauchenius (Genus)
....Theraphosa (Genus)
....Theraphosinae (Subfamily)
....Thrigmopoeus (Genus)
....Thrixopelma (Genus)
....Tmesiphantes (Genus)
....Trichognathella (Genus)
....Vitalius (Genus)
....Xenesthis (Genus)
....Yamia (Genus)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Arthropoda
-
(Class)
Arachnida
-
(Order)
Araneae
Phylogeny
Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)
Ref:
J.A. Coddington et al., 2004
: fig. 18.3.
[implicit]
Current position
Theraphosoidea
(Superfamily)
Ref:
J.A. Coddington et al., 2004
: fig. 18.3.
[implicit]
Alternative positions
Orthognatha
(Suborder)
Ref:
H.W. Levi, 1982
: 78.
Historical positions
Orthognatha
(Suborder)
Ref:
H.W. Levi, 1982
: 78-79.
Orthognatha
(Suborder)
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
117g;912s;23ss
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[117g;912s;23ss]
2013
N.I. Platnick
: 13 Dec 2012
124g;946s
2011
N.I. Platnick
: 21 Jun 2011
120g;937s
2011
N.I. Platnick
: 29 Dec 2010
118g;933s
2009
N.I. Platnick
: 5 Jul 2009
116g;920[911]s;[23ss]
2009
N.I. Platnick
: 5 Jul 2009
116g;920[911]s;[23ss]
1982
H.W. Levi
130g600s
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1 Feb 2024