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Checklist for Suborder Mygalomorphae Pocock, 1892 (Mygalomorphs)
and region Dominican Republic (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
99
329
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
77
279
575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
53
243
530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
49
234
502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Mygalomorphae
Pocock, 1892
Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders
5
14
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Dominican Republic
5 Families width 23 Species and 1 Subspecies
Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870Bird-eating spiders13SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtaucheniidae Simon, 1892Cyrtaucheiid spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Microstigmatidae Raven & Plat..., 1981Microstigmatid spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Barychelidae Simon, 1889Brush-footed trapdoors6SpeciesTaxom
Ctenizidae Thorell, 1887Cork-lid trapdoor spider1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Dominican Republic
14 Genera with 23 Species
Antillena Bertani, Huf..., 20132SpeciesTaxom
Aphonopelma Pocock, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Avicularia Lamarck, 20132SpeciesTaxom
Bolostromus Ausserer, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Citharacanthus Pocock, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopholis Simon, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Holothele Karsch, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Ischnocolinopsis Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Parvomygale Wunderlich, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Phormictopus Pocock, 18062SpeciesTaxom
Psalistops Simon, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Scopelobates Simon, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Trichopelma Simon, 20205SpeciesTaxom
Ummidia Thorell, 2022Cork-lid Trapdoor Spider1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Dominican Republic
23 Species and 1 Subspecies
Antillena miguelangeli Santos & Ber..., 2024
Antillena rickwesti Bertani & Huff, 2013
Aphonopelma seemanni Pickard-Camb..., 1897Costa Rican Zebra Striped Knee Tarantula
Avicularia avicularia avicularia Linnaeus, 1758
Avicularia rickwesti Bertani & Huff, 2013Dominican Republic Pinktoe
Bolostromus busu Dupérré, 2023
Bolostromus destructus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Citharacanthus spinicrus Latreille, 1819
Cyrtopholis agilis Mary Agard P..., 1903Happy Valley talussnail
Holothele maddeni Esposito & A..., 2014
Holothele sericea Eugène Simon, 1903
Ischnocolinopsis acutus J. Wunderlich, 1988
Parvomygale distincta J. Wunderlich, 2004
Phormictopus atrichomatus Joachim Schmidt, 1991Red Island Birdeating tarantula
Phormictopus cancerides Latreille, 1806Haitian brown tarantula
Psalistops hispaniolensis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Scopelobates sericeus Simon, 1903
Trichopelma gabrieli Mori & Bertani, 2020
Trichopelma huffi Mori & Bertani, 2020
Trichopelma maddeni Esposito & A..., 2014
Trichopelma nitidum Simon, 1888
Trichopelma tostoi Mori & Bertani, 2020
Ummidia insularis Santos, Orti..., 2022

Subnodes of Mygalomorphae with occurrences in Dominican Republic
InfraorderFornicephalae
Raven, 1985
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTuberculotae
Raven, 1986
3
12
20
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Mygalomorphae at artfakta.se
Mygalomorphae at biodiversity.org.au
Mygalomorphae at dyntaxa.se