Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Valencia-Cuéllar, Dayana, Perafán, Carlos, Guerrero, Roberto J. & Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite, 2019, Schismatothelinae spiders (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from Colombia: four new species and an approach to their diversity, Zootaxa 4545 (4), pp. 548-562 : 550-551

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EBED3255-7335-4AA7-9332-7B3B8272099F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5930927
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scientific name	Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869
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Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869 View in CoL View at ENA

Subfamily Schismatothelinae Guadanucci 2014

Type-genus: Schismatothele Karsch 1879 (Guadanucci 2014)

Composition: Euthycaelus Simon 1889 , Guyruita Guadanucci et al. 2007 , Neoholothele Guadanucci & Weinmann 2015 , Schismatothele Karsch 1879 , Sickius Soares & Camargo 1948 .

Diagnosis: Schismatothelinae can be distinguished the other Neotropical Theraphosidae by the combination of the following characters: absence of urticating setae, lack of stridulatory organ in the maxillae (lyra), non-dense scopulae, presence of both thickened and clavate trichobothria located on the apical lateral faces of tibiae I-IV, and numerous and dense cuspules on the labium located on a raised area.