Species list, Checklist of Family Theraphosidae (Bird-eating spiders) for Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)

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Checklist for Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 (Bird-eating spiders)
and region Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	99 282 408	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	80 242 355	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	46 199 310	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	42 188 298	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Mygalomorphae Pocock, 1892 Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders	5 7 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Tuberculotae Raven, 1986	3 5 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Theraphosoidea Thorell, 1869	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 Bird-eating spiders, Tarantula, Tarantulas	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Seychelles
2 Genera with 4 Species

Chaetopelma Ausserer, 1911		1	Species	Taxom
Nesiergus Simon, 1903		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Seychelles
4 Species

Chaetopelma gardineri (Hirst, 1911)	⇒ Nesiergus gardineri Hirst, 1911
Nesiergus gardineri Hirst, 1911
Nesiergus halophilus Pierre L. G...., 1978
Nesiergus insulanus (Simon, 1903)	⇒ Nesiergus halophilus Pierre L. G...., 1978

Subnodes of Theraphosidae with occurrences in Seychelles

Subfamily

2
4

Genera
Species

Links, sources and further information

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