Taxonomy of Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870
Bird-eating spiders, tarantula, Tarantulas, True tarantulas, Whistling Tarantulas
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 1342
20133
198818 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 1080
16061
173944 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 282
7084
82599 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 242
6840
80976 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Mygalomorphae
Pocock, 1892
Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders | 23
628
4994 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Tuberculotae
Raven, 1986
| 12
484
3360 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Theraphosoidea
Thorell, 1869
| 3
270
1950 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Theraphosidae
Thorell, 1870
Bird-eating spiders, Tarantula, Tarantulas | 264
1909 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 | Subfamily | Acanthopelminae
F.O.P-Cambridge, 1897
| 1
4 | Genus
Species | | Subfamily | Aviculariinae
Simon, 1874
| 4
106 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Eumenophorinae
Pocock, 1897
| 13
80 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Harpactirinae
Pocock, 1897
Baboon spiders | 10
93 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Ischnocolinae
Simon, 1872
| 13
150 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Ornithoctoninae
Pocock, 1895
Earth tiger tarantulas, Earth tigers | 6
56 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Poecilotheriinae
Simon, 1892
| 1
22 | Genus
Species | | Subfamily | Psalmopoeinae
Samm & Schmidt, 2010
| 2
36 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Selenocosmiinae
Simon, 1892
| 10
166 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Selenogyrinae
Schmidt, 1990
| 3
11 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Spelopelminae
Smith, 1994 ⇒ Theraphosinae
| 1
8 | Genus
Species | | Subfamily | Stromatopelminae
Schmidt, 1993
| 4
21 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Theraphosinae
Thorell, 1870
Birdspiders, Tarantulas | 64
885 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Thrigmopoeinae
Pocock, 1900
| 2
17 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Abdomegaphobema
Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Léon-E., Cisneros-Heredia, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Acentropelma
Pocock, 1901
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Agnostopelma
Pérez-Miles & Weinmann, 2010
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Aguapanela
Perafán, Cifuentes & Estrada, 2015
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Amazonius
Cifuentes & Bertani, 2022
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Ami
Pérez-Miles, 2008
| 10 | Species | | Genus | Annadeliella
Hirst, 1909
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Anqasha
Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Antikuna
Kaderka, Ferretti, West, Lüddecke & Hüsser, 2021
| 7 | Species | | Genus | Antillena
Bertani, Huff & Fukushima, 2017
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Arboriticus
Borges & Bertani, 2025
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ashantia
Strand, 1908 ⇒ Euathlus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Aspinochilus
Müller, Fardiansah, Schneider, Wanke, von Wirth & Wendt, 2024
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Baccallbrapo
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Bacillochilus
Gallon, 2010
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Barropelma
Chamberlin, 1940 ⇒ Lasiodora
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Bermejoa
Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Birupes
Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Bistriopelma
Kaderka, 2015
| 6 | Species | | Genus | Butantania
Mello-Leitao, 1935
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Caribena
Fukushima & Bertani, 2017
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Cenobiopelma
Mello-Leitão & Arlé, 1934
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Ceropelma
Mello Leitao, 1923
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Chaetorhombus
Ausserer, 1871
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Chaetorrhombus
Simon, 1889
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Chaunopelma
Chamberlin, 1940
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Chinchaysuyu
Ferretti, Chaparro, Ochoa & West, 2023
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Cilantica
Mirza, 2024
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Cotztetlana
Mendoza, 2012
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Crypsidromus
Ausserer, 1871
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Cubanana
Ortiz, 2008
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Cymbiapophysa
Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020
| 13 | Species | | Genus | Cyrthopholis
Tullgren, 1905
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Cyrtosternum
Ausserer, 1875
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Delopelma
Petrunkevitch, 1939
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Dryptopelmides
Strand, 1907
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Dugesia
Berlese, 1883
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Eodiplurina ♰
Petrunkevitch, 1922
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Erythropoicila
Fischel, 1925
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Eurypelmella
Strand, 1907 ⇒ Schizopelma
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Euthycaelus
Simon, 1889 ⇒ Holothele
| 11 | Species | | Genus | Goniodontium
Mello-Leitao, 1923
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Gosipelma
Chamberlin, 1940
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Guyruita
Guadanucci et al., 2007
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Harpactirellla
Purcell, 1902
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Harpaxibius
Ausserer, 1871
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Harpaxibus
Ausserer, 1871
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Harpaxictis
Simon, 1892
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Harpaxictus
Simon, 1892
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Hemirraghus
Simon, 1903
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Ischnnocolella
Petrunkevitch, 1928
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ischnocolella
Strand, 1907
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ischnocolinopsis ♰
Wunderlich, 1988
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Isiboroa
Gabriel, Sherwood & Pérez-Miles, 2023
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Jambu
Miglio, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2024
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Kankuamo
Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2016 & Pérez-Miles, 2016
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Kochiana
Fukushima, Nagahama & Bertani, 2008
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Lasiocnemus
Ausserer, 1871
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Lasiocyano
Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Lasiopelma
Simon, 1892
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Leptostylus
Fischel, 1927
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Longilyra
Gabriel, 2014
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Loxophobema
Simon, 1907
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Loxoptygella
Strand, 1906
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Luphocemus
Denis, 1960
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Magnacarina
Mendoza, Locht, Kaderka, Medina & Pérez-Miles, 201, 2016
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Melopoeus
Pocock, 1895
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Miaschistopus
Pocock, 1897
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Monocentropella
Strand, 1907
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Munduruku
Miglio, Bonaldo & Pérez-MIles, 2013
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Murphyarachne
Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Musagetes
Pocock, 1895
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Neochilobrachys
Hirst, 1909
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Neoheterophrictus
Siliwal & Raven in Siliwal & al., 2012
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Neoholothele
Guadanucci & Weinmann, 2015 Weinmann, 2015
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Notahapalopus
Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Osorio, Benavides, Hörweg, Brescovit & Lucas, 2024
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Omothymus
Thorell, 1891
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Orphnoecus
Simon, 1892
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Orthnoecus
Petrunkevitch, 1928
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Orthothrichus
Karsch, 1880
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Pachystopelma
Simon, 1903
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pachytheca
Schmidt, 2012
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Parvicarina
Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Pella
Cambridge, 1892
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Phlogiodes
Pocock, 1899
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Phlogius
Simon, 1887 ⇒ Selenocosmia
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Phoneuusa
Karsch, 1886
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Phrixotrichus
Simon, 1889 ⇒ Euathlus
| 9 | Species | | Genus | Phryxotrichus
Simon, 1892
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Polyspina
Schmidt, 1994
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Protertheraphosa
Wunderlich, 2020
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Psednocnemis
West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Pseudoclamoris
Hüsser, 2018
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Pseudocnemis
West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012 & Hogg, 2012
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pseudohomoeomma
Mello-Leitao, 1930
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pseudoschizopelma
Smith, 1994
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Pterinochilides
Strand, 1920
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Pululahua
Dupérré & Tapia, 2025
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Reichlingia
Rudloff, 2001
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Rhechostica
Simon, 1892
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Romopelma
Peñaherrera-R., Pinos-Sanchez, Guerrero-Campoverde, León-E. & Cisneros-Heredia, 2024
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Sahydroaraneus
Mirza & Sanap, 2014
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Sandinista
Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Satyrex
Zamani & von Wirth, 2025
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Schismothele
Ausserer, 1880
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Scopalobata
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Scopelobates
Simon, 1903
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Scuria
Simon, 1864
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Scurria
Koch, 1850
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Selenocasmia
Pocock, 1899
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Selenoscomia
Hasselt, 1890
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Selenostholus
Simon, 1903
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Sorata
Strand, 1907
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Spinosatibiapalpus
Gabriel & Sherwood, 2020
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Strongylothorax
André, 1937
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Taksinus
Songsangchote, Sippawat, Khaikaew & Chomphuphuang, 2022
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Tekoapora
Galleti-Lima, Hamilton, Borges & Guadanucci, 2023
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Tliltocatl
Jorge & Oscar, 2019
| 13 | Species | | Genus | Trasyphoberus
Simon, 1903
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Trichognatha
Gallon, 2002
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Typhochlaena
Koch, 1850
| 8 | Species | | Genus | Umangia
Strand, 1920
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Umbyquyra
Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2018
| 13 | Species | | Genus | Urupelma
Kaderka, Lüddecke, Řezáč, Řezáčová & Hüsser, 2023
| 13 | Species | | Genus | Weyenberghia
Mello-Leitao, 1941
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Weyenberghiana
Mello-Leitao, 1941
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Yamia
Kishida, 1920
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Yanomamius
Bertani & Almeida, 2021
| 4 | Species | | Genus | Ybyrapora
Fukushima & Bertani, 2017
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Zophopelma
Benoit, 1965
| 0 | Species |
Synonyms
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Theraphosidae
| German | Vogelspinne, Vogelspinnen | | English | Bird-eating spiders, Tarantula, Tarantulas, True tarantulas, Whistling Tarantulas | | Dutch | Echte vogelspinnen, Vogelspinnen | | Finnish | Lintuhämähäkit, Tarantulat |
Distribution and Species lists of Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870
Distribution on islands
Found in fossile formations
Ecozone River
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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