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Checklist for Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 (Bird-eating spiders)
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
 

Infraorder
 
Tuberculotae
Raven, 1986
3
12
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Theraphosoidea
Thorell, 1869
1
9
13
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheraphosidae
Thorell, 1870
Bird-eating spiders, Tarantula, Tarantulas
9
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Dominican Republic
9 Genera with 13 Species
Antillena Bertani, Huf..., 20132SpeciesTaxom
Aphonopelma Pocock, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Avicularia Lamarck, 20132SpeciesTaxom
Citharacanthus Pocock, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopholis Simon, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Holothele Karsch, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Ischnocolinopsis Wunderlich, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Phormictopus Pocock, 18062SpeciesTaxom
Scopelobates Simon, 19031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Dominican Republic
13 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
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
Phormictopus atrichomatus Joachim Schmidt, 1991Red Island Birdeating tarantula
Phormictopus cancerides Latreille, 1806Haitian brown tarantula
Scopelobates sericeus Simon, 1903

Subnodes of Theraphosidae with occurrences in Dominican Republic
SubfamilyAviculariinae
Simon, 1874
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyIschnocolinae
Simon, 1872
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheraphosinae
Thorell, 1870
Birdspiders, Tarantulas
4
5
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