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Checklist for Suborder Mygalomorphae Pocock, 1892 (Mygalomorphs)
and region French Guiana (Northern South America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
86
304
574
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
68
256
477
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
39
211
414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
36
208
409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Mygalomorphae
Pocock, 1892
Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders
5
18
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for French Guiana
5 Families width 29 Species
Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870Bird-eating spiders23SpeciesTaxom
Dipluridae Simon, 1889Curtainweb Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Idiopidae (Simon, 1892)Armored trapdoor spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Paratropididae Simon, 1889Bald-legged spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Barychelidae Simon, 1889Brush-footed trapdoors1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for French Guiana
18 Genera with 29 Species
Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Amazonius Cifuentes & ..., 20221SpeciesTaxom
Avicularia Lamarck, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Ephebopus Simon, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Guyruita Guadanucci e..., 20211SpeciesTaxom
Hapalopus Ausserer, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Harmonicon Cambridge, 20112SpeciesTaxom
Holothele Karsch, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Idiops Perty, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Maraca Pérez-Miles, 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Neostenotarsus Pribik & Wei..., 20022SpeciesTaxom
Notahapalopus Sherwood, Ga..., 19961SpeciesTaxom
Paratropis Simon, 20231SpeciesTaxom
Psalistops Simon, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoclamoris Hüsser, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Schismatothele Karsch, 20231SpeciesTaxom
Tapinauchenius Ausserer, 19304SpeciesTaxom
Theraphosa Thorell, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for French Guiana
29 Species
Acanthoscurria simoensi Vol, 2000
Acanthoscurria theraphosoides Doleschall, 1871
Amazonius germani Cifuentes & ..., 2022
Avicularia avicularia Linnaeus, 1758Common pinktoe
Avicularia holmbergi Thorell, 1890
Avicularia metallica Ausserer, 1875Metallic Pinktoe Tarantula
Ephebopus cyanognathus West & Marshall, 2000Blue fang tarantula
Ephebopus murinus Walckenaer, 1837Skeleton tarantula
Ephebopus rufescens West & Marshall, 2000
Guyruita guadanuccii Sherwood & G..., 2021
Hapalopus gasci Maréchal, 1996
Hapalopus guianensis (Lodovico di ..., 1954)⇒ Neostenotarsus scissistylus Tesmoingt & ..., 2002
Harmonicon audeae Maréchal & M..., 1998
Harmonicon oiapoqueae Drolshagen &..., 2011
Holothele longipes Ludwig Carl ..., 1875Trinidad dwarf pink tarantula
Idiops bombayensis Siliwal, Mol..., 2005
Idiops opifex (Eugène Simon, 1889)⇒ Idiops bombayensis Siliwal, Mol..., 2005
Neostenotarsus guianensis Caporiacco, 1954
Neostenotarsus scissistylus Tesmoingt & ..., 2002
Notahapalopus gasci Maréchal, 1996
Paratropis tortue Sherwood, Lu..., 2023
Psalistops gasci Maréchal, 1996
Pseudoclamoris gigas Caporiacco, 1954Orange chevron tarantula
Schismatothele moonenorum Moeller, Wei..., 2023
Tapinauchenius gigas Caporiacco, 1954French Guianese Orange Tree Spider
Tapinauchenius plumipes Carl Ludwig ..., 1842Trinidad mahogany tarantula
Tapinauchenius purpureus (Schmidt, 1995)⇒ Tapinauchenius violaceus Cândido Firm..., 1930
Tapinauchenius violaceus Cândido Firm..., 1930French Guianese Purple Tree Spider
Theraphosa blondi Latreille, 1804Goliath Bird Eating Spider

Subnodes of Mygalomorphae with occurrences in French Guiana
InfraorderFornicephalae
Raven, 1985
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderTuberculotae
Raven, 1986
4
17
27
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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