Theraphosidae

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Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Mygalomorphae
Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea
Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamiliae: Acanthopelminae - Aviculariinae - Eumenophorinae - Harpactirinae - Ischnocolinae - Ornithoctoninae - Poecilotheriinae - Selenocosmiinae - Selenogyrinae - Spelopeminae (?) - Stromatopelminae - Theraphosinae - Thrigmopoeinae

Name

Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870

Information

A few genera are presently not well-classified, and/or have classifications which are disputed:

  • Brachionopus Pocock, 1897. Dollar has recently propsed transferring this genus to the family Barychelidae; a proposal which is still disputed.
  • Proshapalopus Mello-Leitão, 1923. This has been placed in several different sub-families by several different arachnologists.

Vernacular names

Internationalization
Deutsch: Vogelspinnen
English: Tarantula
한국어: 타란툴라
Русский: Терафозиды
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