| | The Tarantula's Burrow - So who was responsible for the Theraphosidae? |
 | | Thorell realised that Mygale was a popular name and that many arachnologists wanted to keep it, even though it was wrong. |
| | Thorell argued that Cteniza was essentially the same group of spiders as the troublesome Mygale and that furthermore Theraphosa would form a better group name than Avicularia as Walckenaer's Theraphosa was the older name. |
| | Thorell therefore decided that he was justified in proposing a new name, now a formal family name, for all the large, hairy spiders and went for Theraphosidae, taking the name from Theraphosa. |
| www.arachnophiliac.com /burrow/theraphosidae.htm (865 words) |
