Checklist for Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 (Bird-eating spiders)
and region Africa (Continents)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 531
4342
23365 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 462
3675
20216 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 99
1782
11863 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 91
1742
11733 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Mygalomorphae
Pocock, 1892
Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders | 16
106
638 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Tuberculotae
Raven, 1986
| 8
74
337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Theraphosoidea
Thorell, 1869
| 2
44
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theraphosidae
Thorell, 1870
Bird-eating spiders, Tarantula, Tarantulas | 43
193 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Africa
43 Genera with 193 Species #ABCEHILMNPST
| Anoploscelus Pocock, 1946 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Augacephalus Gallon, 1904 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Avicularia Lamarck, 1832 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bacillochilus Gallon, 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Batesiella Pocock, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bonnetina Vol, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachionopus Pocock, 1903 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Brachypelma Simon, 1875 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratogyrus Pocock, 1906 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1990 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Citharischius Pocock, 1907 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coremiocnemis Simon, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Encyocratella Strand, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Encyocrates Simon, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eucratoscelus Pocock, 1990 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenophorus Pocock, 1907 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Euphrictus Hirst, 1965 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Harpactira Ausserer, 1875 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Harpactirella Purcell, 1902 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroscodra Pocock, 1899 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Heterothele Karsch, 1907 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Hysterocrates Simon, 1906 | | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Idiothele Hewitt, 1898 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnocolinopsis Wunderlich, 1988 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnocolus Ausserer, 1820 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Loxomphalia Simon, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Loxoptygus Simon, 1906 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mascaraneus Gallon, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Megaphobema Pocock, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monocentropus Pocock, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myostola Simon, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesiergus Simon, 1903 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pelinobius Karsch, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phoneyusa Karsch, 1990 | | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Phormictopus Pocock, 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilotheria Simon, 1899 | Ornamental tarantulas | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1880 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pterinochilus Pocock, 1897 | Usambara baboon spider | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Satyrex Zamani & von..., 2025 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Selenogyrus Pocock, 2024 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaerobothria Karsch, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stromatopelma Karsch, 1917 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Trichognathella Gallon, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Africa
193 Species and 10 Subspecies | Anoploscelus celeripes Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Anoploscelus lesserti Laurent, 1946 | | | Augacephalus breyeri J. Hewitt, 1919 | | | Augacephalus ezendami Gallon, 2001 | Mozambique Gold Baboon | | Augacephalus junodi Eugène Simon, 1904 | Bushveld Golden Brown Featherleg Baboon | | Avicularia avicularia Linnaeus, 1758 | Common pinktoe | | Avicularia longitarsis Audouin, 1832 | | | Bacillochilus xenostridulans Gallon, 2010 | | | Batesiella crinita Mary Agard P..., 1903 | Happy Valley talussnail | | Bonnetina cyaneifemur Vol, 2000 | | | Brachionopus annulatus William Fred..., 1903 | | | Brachionopus leptopelmiformis Strand, 1907 | Carpenter bees | | Brachionopus pretoriae William Fred..., 1904 | | | Brachionopus robustus Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Brachionopus tristis William Fred..., 1903 | | | Brachypelma fossorium Valerio, 1980 | Costa Rican rustbrown | | Brachypelma vagans Ausserer, 1875 | Mexican black velvet | | Ceratogyrus attonitifer Engelbrecht, 2019 | | | Ceratogyrus bechuanicus (Purcell, 1902) | ⇒ Brachypelma vagans Ausserer, 1875 | | Ceratogyrus brachycephalus J. Hewitt, 1919 | Botswanan Greater Horned Baboon | | Ceratogyrus darlingi Mary Agard P..., 1897 | African Rear Horned Baboon | | Ceratogyrus dolichocephalus (J. Hewitt, 1919) | ⇒ Ceratogyrus marshalli Mary Agard P..., 1897 | | Ceratogyrus ezendami (Gallon, 2001) | ⇒ Augacephalus ezendami Gallon, 2001 | | Ceratogyrus hillyardi Smith, 1990 | | | Ceratogyrus marshalli Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Straight Horned Baboon | | Ceratogyrus meridionalis Arthur Stanl..., 1907 | Malawian Gray Baboon | | Ceratogyrus paulseni Gallon, 2005 | | | Ceratogyrus pillansi William Fred..., 1902 | | | Ceratogyrus sanderi Embrik Strand, 1906 | Namibian Horned Baboon Tarantula | | Chaetopelma concolor Eugène Simon, 1873 | | | Chaetopelma gardineri (Hirst, 1911) | ⇒ Nesiergus gardineri Hirst, 1911 | | Chaetopelma olivaceum C. L. Koch, 1841 | Black furry | | Chaetopelma webborum Smith, 1990 | | | Citharischius crawshayi (Karsch, 1885) | ⇒ Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 | | Citharischius stridulantissimus Strand, 1907 | | | Coremiocnemis valida (Pocock, 1895) | ⇒ Coremiocnemis cunicularia Simon, 1892 | | Encyocratella olivacea Strand, 1907 | Carpenter bees | | Encyocrates raffrayi Eugène Simon, 1892 | | | Eucratoscelus constrictus Gerstäcker, 1873 | | | Eucratoscelus pachypus Joachim Schm..., 1990 | | | Eumenophorus clementsi Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Eumenophorus murphyorum Smith, 1990 | | | Eumenophorus stridulantissimus Strand, 1907 | | | Euphrictus spinosus Arthur Stanl..., 1908 | | | Euphrictus squamosus Pierre L. G...., 1965 | | | Harpactira atra Latreille, 1832 | | | Harpactira baviana William Fred..., 1903 | | | Harpactira cafreriana Charles Atha..., 1837 | | | Harpactira chrysogaster Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Harpactira curator Pocock, 1898 | | | Harpactira curvipes Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Harpactira dictator William Fred..., 1902 | Dictator Baboon Spider | | Harpactira elevata (Karsch, 1878) | ⇒ Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1899 | | Harpactira gigas Mary Agard P..., 1898 | Common baboon spider | | Harpactira guttata Strand, 1907 | Carpenter bees | | Harpactira hamiltoni Mary Agard P..., 1902 | | | Harpactira lineata Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Harpactira lyrata Eugène Simon, 1892 | | | Harpactira marksi William Fred..., 1902 | | | Harpactira namaquensis William Fred..., 1902 | | | Harpactira pulchripes Mary Agard P..., 1901 | Golden Blue Leg Baboon | | Harpactira tigrina Ausserer, 1875 | | | Harpactirella domicola William Fred..., 1903 | | | Harpactirella helenae William Fred..., 1903 | | | Harpactirella insidiosa J. Denis, 1960 | | | Harpactirella karrooica William Fred..., 1902 | | | Harpactirella lapidaria William Fred..., 1908 | | | Harpactirella lightfooti Purcell, 1902 | | | Harpactirella longipes William Fred..., 1902 | | | Harpactirella magna William Fred..., 1903 | | | Harpactirella overdijki Gallon, 2010 | | | Harpactirella schwarzi William Fred..., 1904 | | | Harpactirella spinosa William Fred..., 1908 | | | Harpactirella treleaveni William Fred..., 1902 | | | Heteroscodra crassipes Arthur Stanl..., 1907 | | | Heteroscodra crassipes crassipes Hirst, 1907 | | | Heteroscodra crassipes latithorax Strand, 1920 | | | Heteroscodra maculata Mary Agard P..., 1899 | Ornamental baboon | | Heterothele affinis Laurent, 1946 | | | Heterothele atropha Eugène Simon, 1907 | | | Heterothele darcheni Pierre L. G...., 1966 | | | Heterothele decemnotata Eugène Simon, 1891 | | | Heterothele erdosi Sherwood & G..., 2025 | | | Heterothele gabonensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | Gabon blue dwarf baboon tarantula | | Heterothele honesta Ferdinand Ka..., 1879 | Uinta sandwort | | Heterothele hullwilliamsi Smith, 1990 | | | Heterothele ogbunikia Smith, 1990 | | | Heterothele spinipes Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Heterothele villosella Strand, 1907 | Carpenter bees | | Hysterocrates affinis Strand, 1907 | Carpenter bees | | Hysterocrates affinis affinis Strand, 1907 | | | Hysterocrates affinis angusticeps Strand, 1907 | | | Hysterocrates apostolicus Mary Agard P..., 1900 | Shyleaf | | Hysterocrates celerierae Smith, 1990 | | | Hysterocrates crassipes Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Cameroon brown tarantula | | Hysterocrates didymus Mary Agard P..., 1900 | Shyleaf | | Hysterocrates ederi Charpentier, 1995 | | | Hysterocrates efuliensis Smith, 1990 | | | Hysterocrates elephantiasis Berland, 1917 | | | Hysterocrates gigas Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Cameroon red baboon spider | | Hysterocrates greeffi Ferdinand Ka..., 1884 | | | Hysterocrates greshoffi Eugène Simon, 1891 | | | Hysterocrates haasi Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Hysterocrates hercules Mary Agard P..., 1899 | Hercules Baboon Spider | | Hysterocrates laticeps Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Nigerian rustred tarantula | | Hysterocrates maximus (Embrik Strand, 1906) | ⇒ Hysterocrates greeffi Ferdinand Ka..., 1884 | | Hysterocrates ochraceus Strand, 1907 | Carpenter bees | | Hysterocrates robustus Mary Agard P..., 1899 | Shyleaf | | Hysterocrates robustus robustus Pocock, 1899 | | | Hysterocrates robustus sulcifer Strand, 1908 | | | Hysterocrates scepticus Mary Agard P..., 1900 | Shyleaf | | Hysterocrates sjostedti Tord Tamerla..., 1899 | | | Hysterocrates spellenbergi Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Hysterocrates vosseleri Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Hysterocrates weileri Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Idiothele mira Gallon, 2010 | South African Blue Footed Trapdoor Baboon | | Idiothele nigrofulva Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Ischnocolinopsis acutus ♰ J. Wunderlich, 1988 | | | Ischnocolus algericus (Tord Tamerla..., 1875) | ⇒ Ischnocolus valentinus Jean-Marie L..., 1820 | | Ischnocolus elongatus Simon, 1873 | | | Ischnocolus fasciculatus Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Ischnocolus fuscostriatus (Eugène Simon, 1885) | ⇒ Ischnocolus valentinus Jean-Marie L..., 1820 | | Ischnocolus hancocki Smith, 1990 | | | Ischnocolus holosericeus (Ludwig Carl ..., 1871) | ⇒ Ischnocolus valentinus Jean-Marie L..., 1820 | | Ischnocolus jickelii Ludwig Carl ..., 1875 | | | Ischnocolus maroccanus (Eugène Simon, 1873) | ⇒ Ischnocolus valentinus Jean-Marie L..., 1820 | | Ischnocolus mogadorensis (Eugène Simon, 1909) | ⇒ Ischnocolus valentinus Jean-Marie L..., 1820 | | Ischnocolus numidus Eugène Simon, 1909 | | | Ischnocolus tomentosus Tord Tamerla..., 1899 | Black carpenter ant | | Ischnocolus tripolitanus (Lodovico di ..., 1937) | ⇒ Ischnocolus valentinus Jean-Marie L..., 1820 | | Ischnocolus tunetanus Pavesi, 1880 | | | Ischnocolus valentinus Jean-Marie L..., 1820 | | | Loxomphalia rubida Simon, 1889 | | | Loxoptygus coturnatus Eugène Simon, 1903 | | | Loxoptygus ectypus Eugène Simon, 1889 | Fine-sculpted cerith | | Loxoptygus erlangeri Embrik Strand, 1906 | | | Mascaraneus remotus Gallon, 2005 | | | Megaphobema mesomelas Octavius Pic..., 1892 | Costa Rican Red Knee | | Monocentropus lambertoni Jean-Louis Fage, 1922 | | | Myostola occidentalis Hippolyte Lucas, 1858 | | | Nesiergus gardineri Hirst, 1911 | | | Nesiergus halophilus Pierre L. G...., 1978 | | | Nesiergus insulanus (Simon, 1903) | ⇒ Nesiergus halophilus Pierre L. G...., 1978 | | Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 | King Baboon Spider | | Phoneyusa antilope Eugène Simon, 1889 | Fine-sculpted cerith | | Phoneyusa belandana Ferdinand Ka..., 1884 | | | Phoneyusa bettoni (Karsch, 1885) | ⇒ Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 | | Phoneyusa bidentata Mary Agard P..., 1899 | Shyleaf | | Phoneyusa bidentata bidentata Pocock, 1899 | | | Phoneyusa bidentata ituriensis Laurent, 1946 | | | Phoneyusa bouvieri Lucien Berland, 1917 | | | Phoneyusa buettneri Ferdinand Ka..., 1886 | | | Phoneyusa celerierae (Smith, 1990) | ⇒ Hysterocrates celerierae Smith, 1990 | | Phoneyusa chevalieri Eugène Simon, 1906 | | | Phoneyusa cultridens Lucien Berland, 1917 | | | Phoneyusa efuliensis (Smith, 1990) | ⇒ Hysterocrates efuliensis Smith, 1990 | | Phoneyusa elephantiasis (Lucien Berland, 1917) | ⇒ Hysterocrates elephantiasis Berland, 1917 | | Phoneyusa gabonica Eugène Simon, 1889 | Fine-sculpted cerith | | Phoneyusa giltayi Laurent, 1946 | | | Phoneyusa gracilipes Eugène Simon, 1889 | Fine-sculpted cerith | | Phoneyusa gregori (Karsch, 1885) | ⇒ Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 | | Phoneyusa lesserti Dresco, 1973 | | | Phoneyusa manicata Eugène Simon, 1907 | | | Phoneyusa minima Strand, 1907 | | | Phoneyusa mutica Karsch, 1885 | | | Phoneyusa nigroventris Marx, 1893 | | | Phoneyusa principium Eugène Simon, 1907 | | | Phoneyusa rufa (Karsch, 1885) | ⇒ Pelinobius muticus Karsch, 1885 | | Phoneyusa rutilata Eugène Simon, 1907 | West African Gray baboon spider | | Phoneyusa westi Smith, 1990 | | | Phormictopus atrichomatus Joachim Schmidt, 1991 | Red Island Birdeating tarantula | | Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1899 | Indian Ornamental | | Psalmopoeus cambridgei Pocock, 1895 | Trinidad Chevron Tarantuala | | Psalmopoeus reduncus Ferdinand Ka..., 1880 | Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula | | Pterinochilus alluaudi Lucien Berland, 1914 | | | Pterinochilus andrewsmithi Gallon, 2009 | | | Pterinochilus chordatus Gerstäcker, 1873 | Kilimanjaro Mustard Baboon | | Pterinochilus cryptus Gallon, 2008 | | | Pterinochilus lapalala Gallon & Eng..., 2011 | | | Pterinochilus leetzi (Schmidt, 2002) | ⇒ Poecilotheria regalis Pocock, 1899 | | Pterinochilus lugardi Mary Agard P..., 1900 | Dodoma Fort Hall Baboon | | Pterinochilus murinus Pocock, 1897 | Mombasa Baboon Spider | | Pterinochilus raygabrieli Gallon, 2009 | | | Pterinochilus simoni Lucien Berland, 1917 | | | Pterinochilus vorax Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Satyrex somalicus Zamani & von..., 2025 | | | Satyrex speciosus Zamani, von ..., 2025 | | | Selenogyrus africanus Eugène Simon, 1887 | | | Selenogyrus aureus Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Selenogyrus austini Smith, 1990 | | | Selenogyrus brunneus Strand, 1907 | Carpenter bees | | Selenogyrus caeruleus Mary Agard P..., 1897 | Northern jointvetch | | Selenogyrus foordi Sherwood, He..., 2024 | | | Sphaerobothria hoffmanni Ferdinand Ka..., 1879 | Tarantula spiders | | Stromatopelma alicapillatum (Karsch, 1881) | ⇒ Stromatopelma calceatum Johan Christ..., 1793 | | Stromatopelma batesi Mary Agard P..., 1902 | | | Stromatopelma calceatum Johan Christ..., 1793 | Featherleg tarantula | | Stromatopelma calceatum calceatum Fabricius, 1793 | | | Stromatopelma calceatum griseipes Pocock, 1897 | Featherleg tarantula | | Stromatopelma fumigatum Mary Agard P..., 1899 | | | Stromatopelma pachypoda Embrik Strand, 1908 | | | Stromatopelma satanas Lucien Berland, 1917 | | | Trichognathella schoenlandi Mary Agard P..., 1900 | |
Subnodes of Theraphosidae with occurrences in Africa | Subfamily | Aviculariinae
Simon, 1874
| 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Eumenophorinae
Pocock, 1897
| 13
63 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Harpactirinae
Pocock, 1897
Baboon spiders | 9
65 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Ischnocolinae
Simon, 1872
| 4
32 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Poecilotheriinae
Simon, 1892
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Psalmopoeinae
Samm & Schmidt, 2010
| 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Selenocosmiinae
Simon, 1892
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Selenogyrinae
Schmidt, 1990
| 2
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Stromatopelminae
Schmidt, 1993
| 3
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Theraphosinae
Thorell, 1870
Birdspiders, Tarantulas | 5
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Theraphosidae at biodiversity.org.au
Theraphosidae at gbif.org
Theraphosidae at irmng.org
Theraphosidae at itis.gov
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