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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
204
776
1878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
173
674
1641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
64
434
1179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
61
426
1159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
52
387
1070
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
52
387
1070
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
10
18
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
10
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Costa Rica
10 Genera with 18 Species
Anaptomecus Simon, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Curicaberis Rheims, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Decaphora Franganillo, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17673SpeciesTaxom
Nolavia Kammerer, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 18806SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosparianthis Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Sparianthina N. Banks, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Thelcticopis Karsch, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Vindullus Simon, 1880
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
18 Species
Anaptomecus longiventris Eugène Simon, 1903Huntsman spiders
Curicaberis bagaces Rheims, 2015
Curicaberis granada Rheims, 2015
Curicaberis manifestus O.Pickard-Ca..., 1890
Decaphora pestai Reimoser, 1939Huntsman spiders
Heteropoda leptoscelis Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Nolavia audax Banks, 1909
Olios antiguensis Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios audax Richard C. B..., 1909Huntsman spiders
Olios crassus Richard C. B..., 1909Huntsman spiders
Olios erroneus Octavius Pic..., 1890Huntsman spiders
Olios fuhrmanni Embrik Strand, 1914
Olios obscurus Eugen von Ke..., 1880Huntsman spiders
Pseudosparianthis ravida Eugène Simon, 1897
Sparianthina selenopoides Richard C. B..., 1929Huntsman spiders
Thelcticopis pestai Eduard Reimoser, 1939

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Costa Rica
SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
2
2
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