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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Mozambique (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
105
380
646
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
87
330
571
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
46
259
441
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
44
256
436
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
34
234
399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
33
231
396
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
8
18
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
8
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mozambique
8 Genera with 18 Species
Damastes Simon, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Eusparassus Simon, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17673SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 19367SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1875Lizard-eating spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Pediana Simon, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomicrommata Järvi, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Rhitymna Simon, 19071SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mozambique
18 Species and 1 Subspecies
Damastes nigrichelis Embrik Strand, 1907
Heteropoda regina (L. Koch, 1875)⇒ Pediana regina L. Koch, 1875
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Olios acolastus Tord Tamerla..., 1890
Olios africanus Ferdinand Ka..., 1878
Olios aristophanei Roger de Les..., 1936
Olios chubbi Roger de Les..., 1923
Olios correvoni choupangensis Lessert, 1936
Olios rufilatus Mary Agard P..., 1899
Olios triarmatus Roger de Les..., 1936
Palystes castaneus Latreille, 1819Elm borer
Palystes fornasinii Pavesi, 1881
Palystes johnstoni Mary Agard P..., 1896
Palystes superciliosus Koch, 1875Common rain spider
Pediana regina L. Koch, 1875
Pseudomicrommata longipes Friedrich Wi..., 1895
Rhitymna nigrichelis (Strand, 1907)⇒ Damastes nigrichelis Embrik Strand, 1907

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Mozambique
SubfamilyDeleninae
Hogg, 1903
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPalystinae
Simon, 1897
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
5
10
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