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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Central China (China)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
127
443
876
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
115
423
852
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
54
310
696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
51
305
689
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
42
285
643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
41
283
633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
6
25
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
6
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central China
6 Genera with 25 Species
Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17678SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Rhitymna Simon, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Sinopoda Jäger, 201911SpeciesTaxom
Thelcticopis Karsch, 18752SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central China
25 Species
Gnathopalystes aureolus He & Hu, 2000
Heteropoda amphora Fox, 1936
Heteropoda bawanglingensis Korai & Jäger, 2024
Heteropoda hainanensis Li, 1991
Heteropoda helge Peter Jäger, 2008
Heteropoda onoi Peter Jäger, 2008
Heteropoda pingtungensis Zhu & Tso, 2006
Heteropoda squamacea Wang, 1990
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Olios nanningensis Hu & Ru, 1988
Rhitymna macilenta Quan & Liu, 2012
Rhitymna tangi Quan & Liu, 2012
Sinopoda aequalis Zhong, Jäger..., 2019
Sinopoda apiculiformis Zhong, Jäger..., 2019
Sinopoda changde Zhong, Jäger..., 2019
Sinopoda curva Zhong, Jäger..., 2019
Sinopoda dehiscens Zhong, Jäger..., 2019
Sinopoda erromena Zhong, Jäger..., 2019
Sinopoda globosa Zhang, Zhang..., 2015
Sinopoda grandispinosa J.Liu , S.Q...., 2008
Sinopoda hainan Grall & Jäger, 2020
Sinopoda longshan Chang-Min Yi..., 2000
Sinopoda yanlingensis Zhong, Jäger..., 2019
Thelcticopis lini Hu, Zhang & ..., 2025
Thelcticopis severa L. Koch, 1875

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Central China
SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
2
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
1
2
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