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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
262
1065
2583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
219
869
2243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
72
559
1623
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
68
550
1611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
56
501
1423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
55
500
1422
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
16
28
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
16
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecuador
16 Genera with 28 Species
Anaptomecus Simon, 20123SpeciesTaxom
Eusparassus Simon, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Guadana Rheims, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Macrinus Simon, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Meri Rheims & Jäger, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Micrommata Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Nonianus Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Nungara Pinto & Rheims, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 19414SpeciesTaxom
Origes Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Paenula Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1899Lizard-eating spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Sparianthis Simon, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Uaiuara Rheims, 20132SpeciesTaxom
Vindullus Simon, 20081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
28 Species
Anaptomecus longiventris Eugène Simon, 1903Huntsman spiders
Anaptomecus paru Guala, Labar..., 2012
Anaptomecus suni Guala, Labar..., 2012
Eusparassus dufouri Eugène Simon, 1932
Guadana quillu Rheims, 2010
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Macrinus succineus Eugène Simon, 1887
Meri abuna Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri jaraua Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri mathani Simon, 1880
Micrommata ligurina C.L. Koch, 1845
Micrommata virescens Clerck, 1758Green huntsman spider
Nonianus gaujoni Eugène Simon, 1897
Nungara niveomaculata Mello-Leitao, 1941
Olios corallinus Joachim Schmidt, 1971
Olios galapagoensis Richard C. B..., 1902
Olios gaujoni Simon, 1897
Olios niveomaculatus Cândido Firm..., 1941
Origes pollens Eugène Simon, 1897Alder borer
Paenula paupercula Eugène Simon, 1897
Palystes reticulatus William Jose..., 1899
Sparianthis megalopalpa Caporiacco, 1954
Sparianthis megalopalpus Caporiacco, 1954
Sparianthis ravida Simon, 1898
Uaiuara amazonica Simon, 1880
Uaiuara palenque Rheims, 2013
Vindullus angulatus Rheims & Pet..., 2008Megamouth sharks

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Ecuador
SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPalystinae
Simon, 1897
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
9
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
1
3
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