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Taxonomy of Superfamily Theraphosoidea Thorell, 1869


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
Subnodes of Theraphosoidea Thorell, 1869
FamilyAviculariidae ♰
Simon, 1874  ⇒ Theraphosidae
Tarantula		0
0		Genera
Species
FamilyParatropididae
Simon, 1889
Bald-legged spiders, Baldlegged spiders		6
41		Genera
Species
FamilyTheraphosidae
Thorell, 1870
Bird-eating spiders, Tarantula, Tarantulas		264
1909		Genera
Species


Distribution and Species lists of Theraphosoidea Thorell, 1869
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Algeria
1 Families  2 Genera  7 SpeciesAngola
1 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesArgentina
1 Families  31 Genera  85 SpeciesAustralia
1 Families  12 Genera  26 SpeciesBahamas
1 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesBarbados
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBelgium
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesBelize
1 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesBolivia
1 Families  22 Genera  38 SpeciesBotswana
1 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesBrazil
2 Families  64 Genera  366 SpeciesBrunei
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBurkina Faso
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBurundi
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesCambodia
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesCameroon
1 Families  11 Genera  28 SpeciesCape Verde
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesCentral African Republic
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesChile
1 Families  15 Genera  35 SpeciesChina
1 Families  10 Genera  30 SpeciesColombia
2 Families  37 Genera  90 SpeciesCosta Rica
1 Families  24 Genera  60 SpeciesCuba
1 Families  10 Genera  34 SpeciesCyprus
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
1 Families  5 Genera  9 SpeciesDjibouti
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDominica
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesDominican Republic
1 Families  9 Genera  13 SpeciesEcuador
2 Families  26 Genera  80 SpeciesEgypt
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesEl Salvador
1 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesEritrea
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEthiopia
1 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesFrance
1 Families  5 Genera  4 SpeciesGabon
1 Families  5 Genera  9 SpeciesGermany
1 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesGhana
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesGreece
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGuatemala
1 Families  16 Genera  21 SpeciesGuinea
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGuyana
2 Families  15 Genera  20 SpeciesHaiti
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesHonduras
1 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesIndia
1 Families  18 Genera  89 SpeciesIndonesia
1 Families  17 Genera  57 SpeciesIran
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesIreland
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIsrael
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesItaly
1 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesIvory Coast
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesJamaica
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesJordan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKenya
1 Families  6 Genera  11 SpeciesLaos
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesLebanon
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLesotho
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesLiberia
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesLibya
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMadagascar
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesMalawi
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesMalaysia
1 Families  14 Genera  32 SpeciesMali
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMauritius
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMexico
2 Families  29 Genera  147 SpeciesMicronesia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMorocco
1 Families  3 Genera  9 SpeciesMozambique
1 Families  6 Genera  12 SpeciesMyanmar
1 Families  6 Genera  22 SpeciesNamibia
1 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesNepal
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesNetherlands
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesNew Zealand
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNicaragua
1 Families  12 Genera  13 SpeciesNiger
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNigeria
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesNorway
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesOman
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesPakistan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesPalestine
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesPanama
2 Families  22 Genera  33 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
1 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesParaguay
1 Families  11 Genera  24 SpeciesPeru
2 Families  33 Genera  110 SpeciesPhilippines
1 Families  6 Genera  21 SpeciesPortugal
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
1 Families  10 Genera  49 SpeciesRussia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRwanda
1 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesSaint Lucia
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
1 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesSeychelles
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesSierra Leone
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesSingapore
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesSolomon Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesSomalia
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesSouth Sudan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSpain
1 Families  10 Genera  8 SpeciesSri Lanka
1 Families  3 Genera  15 SpeciesSudan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSuriname
1 Families  11 Genera  12 SpeciesSweden
1 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesSwitzerland
1 Families  4 Genera  0 SpeciesSyria
1 Families  3 Genera  8 SpeciesTaiwan
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesTanzania
1 Families  10 Genera  14 SpeciesThailand
1 Families  7 Genera  24 SpeciesTogo
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
1 Families  10 Genera  16 SpeciesTunisia
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesTurkey
1 Family  1 Genus  6 SpeciesTurkmenistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUganda
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
1 Families  4 Genera  1 SpeciesUruguay
1 Families  9 Genera  26 SpeciesUSA
1 Families  14 Genera  85 SpeciesVenezuela
2 Families  32 Genera  71 SpeciesVietnam
1 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesYemen
1 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesZambia
1 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesZimbabwe
1 Families  6 Genera  9 Species


Distribution on islands
Aguas Buenas
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBathurst Island
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesIsla Victoria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIslands of Chile
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKobroor
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMacaronesia
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesMagnetic Island
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species


Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species