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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Pwani Region (Southeast Tanzania, Tanzania)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
3
6
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
3
6
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
3
6
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
3
6
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
3
6
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
3
6
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
4
2
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
4
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Pwani Region
4 Genera with 2 Species
Anchonastus Simon, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1896Lizard-eating spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pandercetes L. Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pwani Region
2 Species
Palystes ellioti Pocock, 1896
Pandercetes plumosus Mary Agard P..., 1899

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

Taxom

SubfamilyPalystinae
Simon, 1897
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
1
0
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