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Theraphosinae

The subfamily of Theraphosinae displays the biggest group of tarantulas in the world – comprising species from the Americas with urticating setae. Recent studies suggest grouping by tribe, defining common ancestors, and clustering closely related genera and species together.

Acanthoscurria juruenicola Mello-Leit∆o, 1923, female, Bolivia (Photo - B. Rast)
Acanthoscurria sp., female, Brazil
Acanthoscurria insubtilis Simon 1892, female, Bolivia
Aphonopelma crinitum (Pocock, 1901), male, Mexico
Acanthoscurria insubtilis Simon 1892, male, Bolivia
Aphonopelma crinitum Pocock 1901, female, Mexico
Acanthoscurria geniculata (C. L. Koch, 1841), female, Brazil
Aphonopelma marxi (Simon, 1891), female, Arizona, USA
Acanthoscurria cordubensis Thorell, 1894, female, Argentina
Aphonopelma mooreae Smith, 1995, male, Sonora State, Mexico
Acanthoscurria gomesiana Mello-Leit∆o, 1923, female, S∆o Paulo State, Brazil. (Photo - V. Ghirotto)
Acanthoscurria maga Simon, 1892, subadult female, St. Lucia Island
Aphonopelma paloma Prentice, 1993, female, Gila Bend, Arizona, USA
Acanthoscurria maga Simon, 1892, male, St. Lucia Island, Lesser Antilles
Aphonopelma seemanni (F. O. P.-Cambridge 1897), male, Costa Rica
Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917, female, Amazonas State, Brazil
Aphonopelma serratum (Simon 1891), male, Mexico
Acanthoscurria maga Simon, 1892, female, St. Lucia Island, West Indies. (Photo - J. Tits)
Acanthoscurria natalensis Chamberlin, 1917, male, Amazonas State, Brazil
Aphonopelma sp. [undescribed], female, Hidalgo State, Mexico. (Photo - R. Carillo)
Acanthoscurria paulensis Mello-Leit∆o, 1923, female, S∆o Paulo State, Brazil (Photo - V. Ghirotto)
Acanthoscurria simoensi, Vol, 2000, female, French Guiana. (hoto - M. Gamache)
Aphonopelma sp., female, Arizona, USA
Acanthoscurria sp., female (small sp.), se. Peru
Aphonopelma sp., female, Sonora, Mexico
Acanthoscurria sp., female, Bolivia & Amazonas States, Venezuela
Aphonopelma truncatum (F. O. P.-Cambridge 1897), male, Mexico
Acanthoscurria suina Pocock 1903, female (postmoult), Argentina and Uruguay
Bonnetina alagoni Locht & Medina, 2008, male, Morelos, Mexico
Acanthoscurria suina Pocock 1903, female (premolt), Argentina and Uruguay
Bonnetina sp., female, Morelos State, Mexico. (Photo - M. Cordova)
Agnostopelma tota Perez-Miles & Weinmann 2010, female, Colombia. (Photo - E. Ythier)
Brachypelma albiceps (Pocock 1903), [formerly ruhnaui Schmidt 1997], female, Mexico
Antikuna urayrumi Ferretti, Kaderka & West, 2021, female 'in situ', Huarochiri Province, Peru. Photo - M. Valladares)
Antikuna valladaresi Ferretti, Kaderka & West, 2021, male 'in situ', Huarochiri Province, Peru. (Photo - M. Valladares)
Brachypelma boehmei Schmidt & Klaas 1993, female, Mexico
Antikuna valladaresi Ferretti, Kaderka & West, 2021, female 'in situ', Huarochiri Province, Peru. (Photo - M. Valladares)
Antikuna valladaresi Ferretti, Kaderka & West, 2021, male, [4800 M], Huarochiri Province, Peru. (Photo - M. Valladares)
Aphonopelma anax (Chamberlin, 1940), female, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Brachypelma smithi (F. O. P.-Cambridge 1897), male [ne. Acapulco red form], Mexico
Aphonopelma anax (Chamberlin, 1940), female, Zapata County, Texas, USA
Cardiopelma mascatum Vol, 1999, female, Mexico DF, Mexico
Aphonopelma anitahoffmannae Locht, Medina, Rojo & V†zquez, 2005, female, Mexico DF, Mexico. (Photo - M. Cordova)
Aphonopelma bicoloratum Strunchen et al. 1996, female (pre-molt), e. Michoacan and w. Guerrero State, Mexico
Cardiopelma mascatum Vol, 1999, male, Mexico DF., Mexico. (photo - F. Vol)
Aphonopelma burica Valerio, 1980, female [post-molt 'blue fang' view], Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Catumiri petropolium Guadanucci 2004, male, Brazil. (Photo - R. Bertani)
Aphonopelma bicoloratum Struchen, BrÑndle & Schmidt, 1996, female, Guerrero State, Mexico
Catanduba simoni (Soares & Camargo, 1948), male, Goias State, Brazil (Photo - V. Ghirotto)
Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin 1940, female (common morph), Arizona, USA
Chaetopelma concolor (Simon 1873), female, Mersin, Turkey
Aphonopelma burica Valerio, 1980, female [pre-molt], Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Chaetopelma concolor (Simon 1873), male, Mersin, Turkey
Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin 1940, female (red morph), Bradshaw Mountains, Arizona, USA
Chilobrachys dyscolus (Simon, 1886), female, Vietnam
Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin 1940, female (dark morph), Black Mtns., Arizona, USA
Chilobrachys dyscolus (Simon, 1886), female, Vietnam. Photo - D. HoÖng
Aphonopelma chalcodes Chamberlin 1940, male, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Chilobrachys guangxiensis (Yin & Tan 2000), male, s. China
Aphonopelma chiricahua Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016, female, Arizona, USA
Chilobrachys nitelinus Karsch, 1892, female, Sri Lanka
Aphonopelma crinirufum (Valerio, 1980), female, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. (Photo - B. Lamar)
Aphonopelma gabeli Smith 1995, female [left] and male [right] mating, New Mexico, USA
Chilobrachys sp. (undescribed), male, Penang State, West Malaysia
Aphonopelma eutylenum Chamberlin, 1940, female, California, USA.
Chilobrachys sp., female (undescribed, small), Yunnan Province, China
Aphonopelma helluo (Simon 1891), female, n. Baja California, Mexico
Chilobrachys sp., female with eggsac, Thailand
Aphonopelma gabeli Smith 1995, female, New Mexico, USA
Chinchaysuyu spinosa Ferretti, Chaparro, Ochoa & West, 2022, female, n. Peru. (Photo - J. Allen)
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard 1852), female, Denver, Colorado, USA
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens (Strand, 1907), male, Falcon State, Venezuela
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard 1852), male (common color form), at female burrow entrance, New Mexico, USA,
Citharacanthus cf livingstoni Schmidt & Weinmann, 1996, female, Guatemala
Aphonopelma hentzi (Girard 1852), male, Bingham, New Mexico, USA
Citharacanthus cf longipes (F. O. P.-Cambridge 1897), female, Mexico
Aphonopelma iodius (Chamberlin & Ivie 1939), female, east of Wasatch Mtns., Utah, USA
Aphonopelma johnnycashi Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond 2016, female, Pine Flat Lake, California, USA
Citharacanthus cyaneus (Rudloff, 1994), female, Cuba
Aphonopelma joshua Prentice, 1997, male, Searchlight, Nevada, USA
Citharacanthus cyaneus (Rudloff, 1994), male, Cuba
Aphonopelma marxi (Simon 1891), female, Crown King, Bradshaw Mtns., Arizona, USA
Coremiocnemis hoggi West & Nunn 2010, female, West Malaysia
Aphonopelma marxi (Simon, 1891), male, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, USA
Coremiocnemis obscura West & Nunn 2010, female, Pahang State, West Malaysia
Aphonopelma moderatum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939), female, Texas, USA
Coremiocnemis obscura West & Nunn 2010, female, West Malaysia
Aphonopelma moderatum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939), male, Zapata County, Texas, USA
Coremiocnemis tropix Raven 2005, female, Queensland, Australia (Photo - S. Nunn)
Aphonopelma mojave Prentice 1997, female, e. California and w. Nevada, USA
Coremiocnemis valida Pocock, 1895, female, Brunei. (Photo - TC. Chen)
Aphonopelma mojave Prentice 1997, male, Searchlight, Nevada, USA
Coremiocnemis valida Pocock, 1895, male, Brunei. (Photo - TC. Chen)
Aphonopelma mooreae Smith 1995, female, Sonora, Mexico
Cotztetlana sp.1, female, Mexico
Aphonopelma nayaritum Chamberlin, 1940, female, Nayarit, Mexico
Cotztetlana sp.2, female, Jalisco State, Mexico
Aphonopelma nayaritum Chamberlin, 1940, male, Nayarit, Mexico
Cotztetlana sp.3, female, Puebla State, Mexico
Aphonopelma or Brachypelma sp., Coahuila, Mexico
Cotztetlana sp.3, male, Puebla State, Mexico
Aphonopelma pallidum (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1897), male [faded coloration], Chihuahua State, Mexico. (Photo - Ale Pe§a)
Crassicrus lamanai Reichling & West 1996, female, Belize
Aphonopelma parvum Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond 2016, female, Portal, Arizona, USA
Crassicrus lamanai Reichling & West 1996, male, Belize
Aphonopelma parvum Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016, male, Portal, Arizona, USA
Crassicrus sp., female, Mexico
Aphonopelma peloncillo Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016, female, Hidalgo County, New Mexico, USA
Crassicrus sp., female, Jalisco State, Mexico
Aphonopelma prenticei Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond 2016, male, Black Mountains, Arizona, USA.
Crassicrus sp., female, Yucatan State, Mexico
Aphonopelma prenticei Hamilton, Hendrixson & Bond, 2016, female, Black Mountains, Arizona, USA
Cubanana cristinae Ortiz 2008, female, Cuba. (Photo - D. Ortiz)
Aphonopelma serratum (Simon 1891), female, Morelos State, Mexico
Cubanana cristinae Ortiz 2008, female, Cuba
Aphonopelma seemanni (F.O.P. Cambridge, 1897), female, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Cyclosternum familiare (Simon, 1889), female, Venezuela. (Photo - F. Vol)
Aphonopelma sp. [not Aph. seemanni], female (undescribed), Guatemala Department, Guatemala
Cyclosternum gaujoni Simon 1889, female, Ecuador
Aphonopelma sp., female (undescribed), Jalisco State, Mexico
Cyclosternum ledezmae (Vol 2001), female, Dept. of Beni, Bolivia. (Photo - F. Vol)
Aphonopelma sp., female (undescribed), Michoacan State, Mexico
Cyclosternum ledezmae (Vol 2001), male, Dept. of Beni, Bolivia. (Photo - F. Vol)
Aphonopelma sp., female (undescribed), Nuevo Leon State, Mexico
Cyclosternum schmardae Ausserer, 1871, female, Peru
Aphonopelma sp., female (undescribed), Sonoro State, Mexico
Cyclosternum palomeranum West, 2000, male, Jalisco State, Mexico
Aphonopelma sp., male (undescribed), Sinaloa State, Mexico
Cymbiapophysa velox (Pocock, 1903), female, Imbabura Region, Ecuador
Aphonopelma sp.3, female (undescribed), Nuevo Leon State, Mexico
Cyriocosmus aueri Kaderka, 2016, female, Loreto Region, Peru
Aphonopelma sp.4, female (undescribed), Nuevo Leon State, Mexico
Cyriocosmus bertae Pérez-Miles, 1998, male, Peru
Aphonopelma sp.5, male (undescribed), Nuevo Leon State, Mexico
Cyriocosmus bicolor (Schiapelli & Gerschman 1945), male, Rondonia State, Brazil
Aphonopelma steindachneri (Ausserer 1875), female, San Diego County, California, USA
Cyriocosmus elegans (Simon, 1889), female, Trinidad Island, West Indies
Aphonopelma steindachneri (Ausserer 1875), male, Mt. Palomar, California, USA
Cyriocosmus fasciatus (Mello-Leit∆o, 1930), female, Brazil. (Photo - F. Cleton)
Aphonopelma xwalxwal Hamilton, 2016, San Diego County, California, USA (Photo - T. Burkhart)
Cyriocosmus hoeferi Kaderka, 2016, male, Amazonas State, Brazil
Bistriopelma kiwicha Nicoletta, Chaparro, Mamani, Ochoa, West & Ferretti, 2020, female, Peru
Cyriocosmus nickolausgordoni Kaderka 2015, male, Venezuela
Bistriopelma peyoi Nicoletta, Chaparro, Mamani, Ochoa, West & Ferretti, 2020, male, Peru (Photo - JC. Chaparro)
Cyriocosmus nogueira-netoi Fukushima et al. 2005, female, Brazil. (Photo - R. Bertani)
Bistriopelma matuskai Kaderka, 2014, female, Ayacucho Region, Peru. (Photo - B. Lamar)
Cyriocosmus perezmilesi Kaderka, 2007, female, Bolivia
Bonnetina alayoni Locht & Medina 2008, female, Morelos, Mexico
Cyriocosmus perezmilesi Kaderka, 2007, male, Bolivia
Bonnetina aviae Estrada-Alvarez & Locht 2011, female, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Cyriocosmus ritae Perez-Miles 1998, female, ne. Peru. (Photo - C. Allen)
Bonnetina aviae Estrada-Alvarez & Locht 2011, male, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Cyriocosmus ritae Perez-Miles 1998, male, ne. Peru (B. Baldwin)
Bonnetina cyaneifemur Vol, 2000, female, Jalisco State, Mexico
Cyriocosmus venezuelensis Kaderka, 2010, male, Venezuela. Photo - E. Ythier)
Bonnetina cyaneifemur Vol, 2000, male, Jalisco State, Mexico
Cyriocosmus sp. [undescribed], female, Peru. (Photo - H.-W. Auer)
Bonnetina papalutlensis Mendoza 2012, female, Morelos, Mexico
Cyrtopholis gibbosa Franganillo, 1936, female (side profile), s. Cuba
Bonnetina papalutlensis Mendoza, 2012, male, Morelos State, Mexico
Cyrtopholis gibbosa Franganillo, 1936, male, s. Cuba
Bonnetina sp., male (undescribed), Tamaulipas State, Mexico
Cyrtopholis ramsi Rudloff, 1995, male, Holguin Province, Cuba
Bonnetina tanzeri Schmidt, 2012, female, Mexico State, Mexico
Cyrtopholis sp., male [undescribed], s. Cuba (Photo - D. Ortiz)
Bonnetina tanzeri Schmidt, 2012, male, Mexico State, Mexico
Cyrtopholis sp., female [undescribed], Barahona Province, Dominican Republic
Bonnetina vittata Ortiz & Francke, 2017, female, Michoac†n State, Mexico
Cyrtopholis sp., male, St. Martin Island, West Indies
Brachypelma auratum Schmidt, 1992, female, Guerrero State, Mexico
Davus ruficeps (Simon, 1891), female, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Brachypelma boehmei Schmidt & Klaas 1993, female [in situ, premolt], Mexico
Davus sp., female, Mexico. (Photo - B. Lamar)
Brachypelma baumgarteni Smith, 1993, female, Michoacan State, Mexico
Dolichothele bolivianum (Vol, 2001), female, Bolivia, (Phorto - E. Ythier)
Brachypelma boehmei Schmidt & Klaas, 1993, male, Mexico
Dolichothele auratum (Vellard, 1924), female, Goi†s State, Brazil
Brachypelma emilia (White 1856), female at burrow, Mexico
Dolichothele diamantinensis (Bertani, Santos & Righi, 2009), female, Brazil
Brachypelma emilia (White, 1856), female, Sinaloa & Nayarit State, Mexico
Dolichothele exilis Mello-Leit∆o, 1923, male, Bahia State, Brazil. (Photo - V. Ghirotto)
Brachypelma hamori Tesmoignt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997, female, Colima, Mexico. (Photo - R. Orozco)
Encyocratella olivacea Strand 1907, male, Mount Meru, Tanzania, East Africa.
Brachypelma emilia X Brachypelma boehmei, female - pet trade hybrid
Euathlus manicata (Simon, 1892), female, Chile
Brachypelma hamorii Tesmoignt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997, female [post-molt], Colima State, Mexico
Euathlus sp.1, female (undescribed), Peru. Photo - M. Gamache)
Brachypelma hamorii Tesmoignt, Cleton & Verdez, 1997, male, Colima State, Mexico
Euathlus sp.3, female, Chile
Brachypelma klaasi (Schmidt & Krause 1994), female [montane form], Mexico
Euathlus sp.2, female, Farellones, Chile
Brachypelma smithi (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1987), female (dark carapace morph),Guerrero State, Mexico
Euathlus sp.4, female, Valparaiso, Chile
Brachypelma smithi (F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1987), male (dark carapace morph), Guerrero State, Mexico
Euathlus sp.4, male, Valparaiso, Chile
Bumba horrida (Schmidt, 1994, )male, Amazonas State, Venezuela
Euathlus sp.5, female, Cerro Renca, Chile
Bumba horrida (Schmidt, 1994), female, Amazonas State, Venezuela
Euathlus sp.5, male, Cerro Renca, Chile
Cardiopelma mascatum Vol, 1999, female, Mexico DF, Mexico. (Photo - F. Vol)
Euathlus sp.6, female, Cerro Renca, Chile
Catanduba peruacu Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit 2012, female, frontal defensive behaviour, Bahia, Brazil (Photo - V. Ghirotto)
Euathlus sp.6, male, Cerro Renca, Chile
Catanduba peruacu Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit 2012, female, side view of defensive behaviour, Bahia, Brazil (Photo - V. Ghirotto)
Euathlus sp.7, male, Antofagasta Province, Chile
Catanduba peruacu Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit 2012, male, Bahia State, Brazil (Photo - V. Ghirotto)
Eupalaestrus spinosissimus Mello-Leit∆o 1923, female [post-molt], Brazil (Photo - V. Ghirotto)
Catanduba simoni (Soares & Camargo, 1948), female, Goias State, Brazil (Photo - V. Ghirotto)
Grammostola actaeon (Pocock 1903), female, Brazil. (Photo - R. Olsen)
Chaetopelma altugkadirorum Gallon, Gabriel & Tansley, 2012, female, Osmaniye Province, Turkey
Grammostola andreleetzi Vol, 2008, male, Uruguay. (Photo - F. Vol)
Chaetopelma altugkadirorum Gallon, Gabriel & Tansley, 2012, male, Osmaniye Province, Turkey
Grammostola grossa (Ausserer, 1871), female, Misiones Province, Argentina
Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch 1842), female, Israel.
Grammostola iheringi (Keyserling 1891), female, Brazil. (Photo - D. Knafeljc)
Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch 1842), male, Beirut, Lebanon
Grammostola pulchra Mello-Leitao 1921, female, Uruguay
Chilobrachys bicolor (Pocock, 1895), female, Myanmar. (Photo - F. CLeton)
Grammostola pulchripes (Simon 1891) [ formerly G. aureostriata Schmidt & Bullmer, 2001], female, Uruguay
Chilobrachys assamensis Hirst, 1909, female, border region of India & Myanmar. (Photo - V. A. Ismavel)
Grammostola rosea (Walckenaer 1837), female (red morph), Chile
Chilobrachys guangxiensis (Yin & Tan 2000), female, sw. China
Grammostola rosea (Walckenaer 1837), male (color morph), Chile
Chilobrachys fimbriatus Pocock, 1899, female, Western Ghats, India
Grammostola rosea (Walckenaer, 1837), female (common color morph), Santiago Province, Chile
Chilobrachys hardwicki (Pocock ,1895), young emaciated female found 'in situ', India
Grammostola sp., female, Misiones Province,  Argentina