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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Solomon Islands (Melanesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
173
456
574
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
142
384
474
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
53
220
325
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
49
212
314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
40
198
297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
40
198
297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
9
14
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
9
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Solomon Islands
9 Genera with 14 Species
Eusparassus Simon, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17675SpeciesTaxom
Neosparassus Hogg, 1902
Badge Huntsman spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1899Lizard-eating spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Polybetes Simon, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Prychia L. Koch, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Seramba Thorell, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Thelcticopis Karsch, 19131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Solomon Islands
14 Species
Eusparassus shefteli Ralph Vary C..., 1916
Gnathopalystes ferox William Jose..., 1899
Gnathopalystes nigriventer Wladislaus K..., 1910
Heteropoda mecistopus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda speciosa Pocock, 1898
Heteropoda speciosus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Palystes reticulatus William Jose..., 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 salomonum Embrik Strand, 1913

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Solomon Islands
SubfamilyDeleninae
Hogg, 1903
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPalystinae
Simon, 1897
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
2
2
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