Species list, Checklist of Family Theraphosidae (Bird-eating spiders) for Brunca Region (Puntarenas, Costa Rica)

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Checklist for Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 (Bird-eating spiders)
and region Brunca Region (Puntarenas, Costa Rica)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	74 139 144	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	62 121 122	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	43 102 99	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	40 99 95	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Mygalomorphae Pocock, 1892 Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders	3 10 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Tuberculotae Raven, 1986	2 9 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Theraphosoidea Thorell, 1869	1 6 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 Bird-eating spiders, Tarantula, Tarantulas	6 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Brunca Region
6 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Brunca Region
5 Species

Aphonopelma seemanni Pickard-Camb..., 1897	Costa Rican Zebra Striped Knee Tarantula
Chilobrachys dyscolus Eugène Simon, 1886
Davus fasciatus (O. Pickard-C..., 1892)	⇒ Cyclosternum fasciatum O. P.-Cambridge, 1892
Psalmopoeus reduncus Ferdinand Ka..., 1880	Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula
Sericopelma generala Carlos E. Va..., 1980	Tarantula spiders

Subnodes of Theraphosidae with occurrences in Brunca Region

Subfamily	Psalmopoeinae Samm & Schmidt, 2010	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Selenocosmiinae Simon, 1892	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Theraphosinae Thorell, 1870 Birdspiders, Tarantulas	4 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Theraphosidae at biodiversity.org.au
Theraphosidae at gbif.org
Theraphosidae at irmng.org
Theraphosidae at itis.gov