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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
61
122
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
43
95
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
32
81
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
32
81
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
30
78
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
30
78
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape Peninsula
2 Genera with 2 Species
Eusparassus Simon, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1819Lizard-eating spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
2 Species
Eusparassus palystiformis Strand, 1907
Palystes castaneus Latreille, 1819Elm borer

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
SubfamilyPalystinae
Simon, 1897
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
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