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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Bismarck Archipelago (Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
53
115
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
43
102
126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
25
81
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
22
78
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
18
73
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
18
73
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
8
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
8
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Bismarck Archipelago
8 Genera with 10 Species
Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Micropoda Grall & Jäger, 20221SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Pandercetes L. Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Prychia L. Koch, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Thelcticopis Karsch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Tychicus Simon, 18801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Bismarck Archipelago
10 Species
Gnathopalystes ignicomus Ludwig Carl ..., 1875
Heteropoda kabaenae Embrik Strand, 1911
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Micropoda daviesae Grall & Jäger, 2022
Olios actaeon (Mary Agard P..., 1899)⇒ Olios artemis Henry Rought..., 1916
Olios artemis Henry Rought..., 1916
Pandercetes plumosus Mary Agard P..., 1899
Prychia gracilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1875
Thelcticopis ochracea Mary Agard P..., 1899
Tychicus gaymardi Eugène Simon, 1880

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Bismarck Archipelago
SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Sparassidae at artfakta.se
Sparassidae at biodiversity.org.au
Sparassidae at dyntaxa.se
Sparassidae at gbif.org
Sparassidae at irmng.org
Sparassidae at itis.gov