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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
390
2350
9166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
338
1867
7658
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
82
971
5544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
76
952
5477
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
60
833
4873
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
60
833
4873
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
27
139
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
27
139
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Brazil
27 Genera with 139 Species
#CDEGHMNOPSTUV
Caayguara Rheims, 201012SpeciesTaxom
Cuiambuca Rheims, 20233SpeciesTaxom
Curicaberis Rheims, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Dermochrosia Mello-Leitao, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Extraordinarius Rheims, 20196SpeciesTaxom
Guadana Rheims, 20106SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17673SpeciesTaxom
Holconia Thorell, 1877
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrinus Simon, 18874SpeciesTaxom
Meri Rheims & Jäger, 202214SpeciesTaxom
Nativus Casas & Rheims, 20233SpeciesTaxom
Nolavia Kammerer, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Nungara Pinto & Rheims, 19414SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 192431SpeciesTaxom
Papiri Rheims, 20254SpeciesTaxom
Polybetes Simon, 19439SpeciesTaxom
Prusias O. P.-Cambridge, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosparianthis Simon, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Sampaiosia Mello-Leitao, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Sparianthina N. Banks, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Sparianthis Simon, 189812SpeciesTaxom
Stasina Simon, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Thomasettia Hirst, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Tychicus Simon, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Uaica Rheims, 20255SpeciesTaxom
Uaiuara Rheims, 20134SpeciesTaxom
Vindullus Simon, 18804SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
139 Species
Caayguara ajuba Rheims, 2010
Caayguara album Mello-Leitao, 1918
Caayguara apiaba Rheims, 2010
Caayguara atyaia Rheims, 2010
Caayguara catuoca Rheims, 2010
Caayguara cupepemassu Rheims, 2010
Caayguara cupepemayri Rheims, 2010
Caayguara itajucamussi Rheims, 2010
Caayguara juati Rheims, 2010
Caayguara pinda Rheims, 2010
Caayguara poi Rheims, 2010
Caayguara ybityriguara Rheims, 2010
Cuiambuca aratangi Rheims, 2023
Cuiambuca borborema Rheims, 2023
Cuiambuca vacabrava Rheims, 2023
Curicaberis ferrugineus C.L.Koch, 1836
Dermochrosia maculatissima Cândido Firm..., 1940
Extraordinarius alicecooperi Rheims, 2022
Extraordinarius andrematosi Rheims, 2019
Extraordinarius angusyoungi Rheims, 2022
Extraordinarius brucedickinsoni Rheims, 2019
Extraordinarius klausmeinei Rheims, 2019
Extraordinarius rickalleni Rheims, 2019
Guadana amendoim Rheims, 2021
Guadana manauara Rheims, 2010
Guadana mapia Rheims, 2021
Guadana muirpinima Rheims, 2021
Guadana neblina Rheims, 2010
Guadana urucu Rheims, 2010
Heteropoda leptoscelis Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Macrinus aisenbergae Rheims, 2025
Macrinus jaegeri Rheims, 2007
Macrinus pollexensis Ehrenfried S..., 1953
Macrinus succineus Eugène Simon, 1887
Meri abuna Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri conduri Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri guri Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri jaraua Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri manaos Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri munduruku Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri paiaia Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri pictitarsis Simon, 1880
Meri quinari Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri rivai Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri tambor Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri tapirapeco Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri trinitatis Strand, 1916
Meri vanini Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Nativus juruti Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus mariua Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus tupana Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nolavia rubriventris Piza, 1939
Nolavia stylifer F. O. Pickar..., 1900
Nolavia stylifera F.O.Pickard-..., 1900
Nungara anama Pinto & Rheims, 2016
Nungara cayana Taczanowski, 1872
Nungara gaturama Pinto & Rheims, 2016
Nungara niveomaculata Mello-Leitao, 1941
Olios albus (Cândido Firm..., 1918)⇒ Caayguara album Mello-Leitao, 1918
Olios antiguensis Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios attractus Alexander Pe..., 1911
Olios aurantiacus Cândido Firm..., 1918
Olios berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1951San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
Olios caprinus Cândido Firm..., 1918
Olios cayanus Władysław ..., 1872
Olios fasciatus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios ferrugineus (Carl Ludwig ..., 1836)⇒ Curicaberis ferrugineus C.L.Koch, 1836
Olios fuscovariatus Cândido Firm..., 1943
Olios hyeroglyphicus Cândido Firm..., 1918
Olios keyserlingi Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios lepidus Jehan Vellard, 1924
Olios longipedatus Carl Friedri..., 1951San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
Olios longipes (Walckenaer, 1837)⇒ Tychicus longipes Charles Atha..., 1837
Olios macroepigynus Ilka Maria F..., 1944
Olios maculatus (John Blackwall, 1862)⇒ Olios berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1951
Olios mathani Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios minensis Cândido Firm..., 1917
Olios mutabilis Cândido Firm..., 1917
Olios nigristernis Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios orchiticus Cândido Firm..., 1930
Olios paraensis Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios pictitarsis Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios plumipes Cândido Firm..., 1937
Olios pollexensis (Schenkel, 1953)⇒ Macrinus pollexensis Ehrenfried S..., 1953
Olios puniceus Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios stylifer Frederick Oc..., 1900
Olios subadultus Cândido Firm..., 1930
Olios sylvaticus John Blackwall, 1862
Olios vitiosus Jehan Vellard, 1924
Papiri cabruca Rheims, 2025
Papiri cacau Rheims, 2025
Papiri caete Rheims, 2025
Papiri tacomare Rheims, 2025
Polybetes fasciatus Keyserling, 1880
Polybetes germaini Eugène Simon, 1897
Polybetes hyeroglyphicus Mello-Leitão, 1918
Polybetes obnuptus Eugène Simon, 1897
Polybetes proximus Cândido Firm..., 1943
Polybetes pythagoricus Holmberg, 1874
Polybetes quadrifoveatus Järvi, 1914
Polybetes rapidus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Polybetes rubrosignatus Cândido Firm..., 1943
Prusias brasiliensis Cândido Firm..., 1915
Prusias lanceolatus Eugène Simon, 1897
Pseudosparianthis fusca Eugène Simon, 1887
Pseudosparianthis picta Eugène Simon, 1887
Pseudosparianthis ravida Eugène Simon, 1897
Sampaiosia crulsi Cândido Firm..., 1930
Sparianthis amazonica (Eugène Simon, 1880)⇒ Uaiuara amazonica Simon, 1880
Sparianthis boibumba Casas & Rheims, 2024
Sparianthis boraris Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis caracarai Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis cascalheira Casas & Rheims, 2024
Sparianthis crulsi Mello-Leitão, 1930
Sparianthis humaita Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis juazeiro Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis juruti Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis matupiri Casas & Rheims, 2024
Sparianthis picta Simon, 1887
Sparianthis ravida Simon, 1898
Stasina americana Eugène Simon, 1887
Stasina koluene Cândido Firm..., 1949
Stasina spinosa Eugène Simon, 1897
Tychicus longipes Charles Atha..., 1837
Uaica carapiranga Rheims, 2025
Uaica juruena Rheims, 2025
Uaica karipuna Rheims, 2025
Uaica mapia Rheims, 2025
Uaica uatuma Rheims, 2025
Uaiuara amazonica Simon, 1880
Uaiuara jirau Rheims, 2013
Uaiuara ope Rheims, 2013
Uaiuara quyguaba Rheims, 2013
Vindullus angulatus Rheims & Pet..., 2008Megamouth sharks
Vindullus concavus Rheims & Pet..., 2008Megamouth sharks
Vindullus gracilipes Taczanowski, 1872
Vindullus viridans (Simon, 1880)⇒ Vindullus gracilipes Taczanowski, 1872

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Brazil
SubfamilyDeleninae
Hogg, 1903
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
9
53
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
4
18
Genera
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