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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
20
49
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
16
45
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
14
43
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
12
41
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
9
38
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
9
38
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
5
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
5
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Britain
5 Genera with 6 Species
Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Micropoda Grall & Jäger, 20221SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Pandercetes L. Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Thelcticopis Karsch, 18991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Britain
6 Species
Gnathopalystes ignicomus Ludwig Carl ..., 1875
Micropoda daviesae Grall & Jäger, 2022
Olios actaeon (Mary Agard P..., 1899)⇒ Olios artemis Henry Rought..., 1916
Olios artemis Henry Rought..., 1916
Pandercetes plumosus Mary Agard P..., 1899
Thelcticopis ochracea Mary Agard P..., 1899

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

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
1
1
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