Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 270
1110
2490 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 232
968
2182 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 75
552
1385 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 69
537
1352 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 57
489
1210 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 56
488
1208 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
| 1
17
66 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans | 17
66 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Melanesia
17 Genera with 66 Species | Beregama Hirst, 1881 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Clastes Walckenaer, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eusparassus Simon, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Heteropoda Latreille, 1881 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Isopeda Koch, 1924 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Micropoda Grall & Jäger, 2022 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neosparassus Hogg, 1903 | Badge Huntsman spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Olios Walckenaer, 1911 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Palystes L. Koch, 1899 | Lizard-eating spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pandercetes L. Koch, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polybetes Simon, 1880 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Prychia L. Koch, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Seramba Thorell, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thelcticopis Karsch, 1873 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tychicus Simon, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Typostola Simon, 1999 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Melanesia
66 Species and 1 Subspecies | Beregama aurea Koch, 1875 | | | Beregama goliath Chrysanthus, 1965 | | | Beregama herculea Thorell, 1881 | | | Clastes freycineti Charles Atha..., 1837 | Milkweed | | Eusparassus shefteli Ralph Vary C..., 1916 | | | Gnathopalystes ferox William Jose..., 1899 | | | Gnathopalystes ignicomus Ludwig Carl ..., 1875 | | | Gnathopalystes nigriventer Wladislaus K..., 1910 | | | Heteropoda analis Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | Golden cricket wasp | | Heteropoda chelata Strand, 1911 | | | Heteropoda cyanognatha Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | Golden cricket wasp | | Heteropoda hirsti Peter Jäger, 2008 | | | Heteropoda jacobi Embrik Strand, 1911 | | | Heteropoda kabaenae Embrik Strand, 1911 | | | Heteropoda mecistopus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Heteropoda mediocris Eugène Simon, 1880 | | | Heteropoda mindiptanensis Pater Chrysa..., 1965 | | | Heteropoda muscicapa Embrik Strand, 1911 | | | Heteropoda nobilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1875 | | | Heteropoda novaguineensis Embrik Strand, 1911 | | | Heteropoda renibulbis Hugh Davies, 1994 | | | Heteropoda ruricola Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | Golden cricket wasp | | Heteropoda sarotoides Järvi, 1914 | | | Heteropoda schlaginhaufeni Embrik Strand, 1911 | | | Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000 | | | Heteropoda speciosa Pocock, 1898 | | | Heteropoda speciosus Mary Agard P..., 1898 | | | Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000 | | Heteropoda venatoria foveolata Thorell, 1881 | | | Isopeda aurea (L. Koch, 1875) | ⇒ Beregama aurea Koch, 1875 | | Isopeda deianira Thorell, 1881 | | | Isopeda neocaledonica Berland, 1924 | | | Micropoda bigyrus Hu, Chen & Liu, 2025 | | | Micropoda daviesae Grall & Jäger, 2022 | | | Neosparassus magareyi Henry Rought..., 1903 | | | Olios actaeon (Mary Agard P..., 1899) | ⇒ Olios artemis Henry Rought..., 1916 | | Olios artemis Henry Rought..., 1916 | | | Olios berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1951 | San Diego bird's-foot trefoil | | Olios canalae Lucien Berland, 1924 | | | Olios extensus Lucien Berland, 1924 | | | Olios francoisi Eugène Simon, 1898 | | | Olios fulvithorax Lucien Berland, 1924 | | | Olios humboldtianus Lucien Berland, 1924 | | | Olios monticola Lucien Berland, 1924 | | | Olios mygalinus Carl Ludwig ..., 1857 | | | Olios neocaledonicus Lucien Berland, 1924 | | | Olios oberzelleri Kritscher, 1966 | | | Olios oubatchensis Lucien Berland, 1924 | | | Olios rubriventris Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | | | Olios similaris William Jose..., 1898 | | | Olios wolfi Embrik Strand, 1911 | | | Palystes pinnotheres Charles Atha..., 1805 | | | Palystes reticulatus William Jose..., 1899 | | | Pandercetes longipes Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | Golden cricket wasp | | Pandercetes plumosus Mary Agard P..., 1899 | | | Polybetes pythagoricus Holmberg, 1874 | | | Polybetes rapidus Eugen von Ke..., 1880 | | | Prychia gracilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1875 | | | Seramba salomonum (Strand, 1913) | ⇒ Thelcticopis salomonum Embrik Strand, 1913 | | Thelcticopis biroi Gábor von Ko..., 1934 | | | Thelcticopis ochracea Mary Agard P..., 1899 | | | Thelcticopis papuana Eugène Simon, 1880 | | | Thelcticopis quadrimunita Embrik Strand, 1911 | | | Thelcticopis salomonum Embrik Strand, 1913 | | | Thelcticopis vasta Ludwig Carl ..., 1873 | | | Tychicus gaymardi Eugène Simon, 1880 | | | Typostola tari Hirst, 1999 | Nurse sharks |
Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Melanesia
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
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