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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Pakistan (South Asia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
98
406
936
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
79
341
799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
38
231
497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
37
230
496
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
33
223
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
33
223
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
8
27
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
8
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Pakistan
8 Genera with 27 Species
Eusparassus Simon, 19013SpeciesTaxom
Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17675SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 189112SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1897Lizard-eating spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopoda Jäger, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Spariolenus Simon, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Thelcticopis Karsch, 19352SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pakistan
27 Species
Eusparassus maynardi Pocock, 1901
Eusparassus pontii Lodovico di ..., 1935
Eusparassus xerxes Pocock, 1901
Gnathopalystes flavidus Simon, 1897
Heteropoda afghana Carl Friedri..., 1962
Heteropoda kandiana Mary Agard P..., 1899
Heteropoda maxima Jäger, 2001Giant huntsman spider
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Olios flavovittatus Caporiacco, 1935
Olios fugax Octavius Pic..., 1885
Olios iran
Olios iranii Mary Agard P..., 1901
Olios lutescens Tord Tamerla..., 1894
Olios punctipes Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Olios punjabensis Dyal, 1935
Olios rossettii Leardi, 1901
Olios sanguinifrons Eugène Simon, 1906
Olios stimulator Eugène Simon, 1897
Olios tarandus Eugène Simon, 1897
Olios tener Tord Tamerla..., 1891
Palystes flavidus Eugène Simon, 1897
Pseudopoda prompta Octavius Pic..., 1885
Spariolenus baluchistanicus Moradmand, W..., 2023
Spariolenus tigris Eugène Simon, 1880
Thelcticopis ancorum Dyal, 1935
Thelcticopis telonotata Dyal, 1935

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Pakistan
SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPalystinae
Simon, 1897
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
3
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
1
2
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