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

Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

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.