
Aviculariinae (74)
Avicularia (55), Ephebopus (5), Iridopelma (3), Pachistopelma (2), Tapinauchenius (9)
Acanthopelminae (2)
Acanthopelma (2)
Eumenophorinae (63)
Anoploscelus (2), Monocentropus (3), Batesiella (1), Pelinobius (2), Encyocrates (1), Eumenophorus (2), Hysterocrates (21), Loxomphalia (1), Loxoptygus (3), Mascaraneus (1), Myostola (1), Phoneyusa (25)
Harpactirinae (54)
Augacephalus (3), Ceratogyrus (9), Eucratoscelus (2), Harpactira (16), Harpactirella (12), Idiothele (2), Pterinochilus (9), Trichognathella (1)
Ischnocolinae (91)
Catumiri (4), Chaetopelma (5), Guyruita (2), Hemiercus (5), Heterothele (11), Holothele (15), Ischnocolus (18), Nesiergus (3), Magulla (4), Oligoxystre (7), Plesiophrictus (16), Sickius (1)
Ornithoctoninae (25)
Citharognathus (2), Cyriopagopus (4), Haplopelma (10), Lampropelma (2), Ornithoctonus (3), Phormingochilus (3)
Poecilotheriinae (16)
Poecilotheria (16)
Selenocosmiinae (108)
Chilobrachys (24), Coremiocnemis (3), Haplocosmia (2), Lyrognathus (6), Orphnaecus (1), Phlogiellus (11), Psalmopoeus (12), Selenobrachys (1), Selenocosmia (43), Selenotholus (1), Selenotypus (1), Yamia (3)
Selenogyrinae (10)
Annandaliella (3), Euphrictus (2), Selenogyrus (5)
Stromatopelminae (10)
Encyocratella (1), Heteroscodra (3), Stromatopelma (6)
Theraphosinae (478)
Theraphosinae consists of new-world terrestrial tarantulas with urticating hairs. The majority of spiders kept as pets are of this sub-family.
Acanthoscurria (40), Aenigmarachne (1), Agnostopelma (3), Ami (7), Aphonopelma (90), Bonnetina (3), Brachypelma (21), Chromatopelma (1), Citharacanthus (8), Clavopelma (1), Crassicrus (2), Cubanana (1), Cyclosternum (15), Cyriocosmus (14), Cyrtopholis (28), Euathlus (6), Eupalaestrus (4), Grammostola (20), Hapalopus (8), Hapalotremus (6), Hemirrhagus (15), Homoeomma (14), Kochiana (2), Lasiodora (39), Lasiodorides (4), Maraca (2), Megaphobema (5), Melloleitaoina (2), Metriopelma (8), Neostenotarsus (1), Nesipelma (1), Nhandu (6), Ozopactus (1), Pamphobeteus (12), Paraphysa (4), Phormictopus (15), Plesiopelma (10), Proshapalopus (3), Pseudhapalopus (2), Reversopelma (1), Schismatothele (1), Schizopelma (3), Sericopelma (12), Sphaerobothria (1), Stichoplastoris (8), Theraphosa (3), Thrixopelma (3), Tmesiphantes (4), Vitalius (10), Xenesthis (7)
Thrigmopoeinae (10)
Haploclastus (8), Thrigmopoeus (2)











