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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Macaronesia (North Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
220
790
1887
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
184
698
1726
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
61
427
1240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
57
422
1235
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
49
406
1193
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
48
405
1192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
8
10
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
8
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Macaronesia
8 Genera with 10 Species
Cebrennus Simon, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Cerbalus Simon, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Micrommata Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Neostasina Rheims & Ala..., 19482SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Polybetes Simon, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Tentabuna1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Macaronesia
10 Species
Cebrennus laurae Jäger, 2014
Cerbalus alegranzaensis Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
Cerbalus verneaui Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Micrommata virescens Clerck, 1758Green huntsman spider
Neostasina granpiedra Rheims & Ala..., 2016
Neostasina saetosa Bryant, 1948
Olios canariensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1838
Polybetes martius Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Tentabuna pfeifferi Wunderlich, 1988

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

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
5
6
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