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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
533
4412
23236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
456
3391
19281
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
103
1620
12187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
95
1584
11960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
75
1397
10563
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
73
1395
10559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
38
259
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
38
259
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South America
38 Genera with 259 Species
#ACDEGHMNOPSTUV
Adcatomus Karsch, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Anaptomecus Simon, 20185SpeciesTaxom
Caayguara Rheims, 201012SpeciesTaxom
Cuiambuca Rheims, 20233SpeciesTaxom
Curicaberis Rheims, 20152SpeciesTaxom
Decaphora Franganillo, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Dermochrosia Mello-Leitao, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Eusparassus Simon, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Extraordinarius Rheims, 20196SpeciesTaxom
Guadana Rheims, 201012SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17678SpeciesTaxom
Holconia Thorell, 1877
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrinus Simon, 18875SpeciesTaxom
Meri Rheims & Jäger, 202222SpeciesTaxom
Micrommata Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Nativus Casas & Rheims, 202310SpeciesTaxom
Nolavia Kammerer, 19167SpeciesTaxom
Nonianus Simon, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Nungara Pinto & Rheims, 19414SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 192464SpeciesTaxom
Origes Simon, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Paenula Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1899Lizard-eating spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Papiri Rheims, 20254SpeciesTaxom
Polybetes Simon, 191416SpeciesTaxom
Prusias O. P.-Cambridge, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosparianthis Simon, 18975SpeciesTaxom
Sampaiosia Mello-Leitao, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Sparianthina N. Banks, 19299SpeciesTaxom
Sparianthis Simon, 202421SpeciesTaxom
Spatala Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Stasina Simon, 18974SpeciesTaxom
Thomasettia Hirst, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Tibellomma Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Tychicus Simon, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Uaica Rheims, 20255SpeciesTaxom
Uaiuara Rheims, 20247SpeciesTaxom
Vindullus Simon, 18807SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South America
259 Species and 3 Subspecies
Adcatomus ciudadus Karsch, 1880Spreading sandwort
Adcatomus flavovittatus Simon, 1897
Adcatomus luteus Keyserling, 1880
Anaptomecus levyi Peter Jäger,..., 2009
Anaptomecus longiventris Eugène Simon, 1903Huntsman spiders
Anaptomecus paru Guala, Labar..., 2012
Anaptomecus suni Guala, Labar..., 2012
Anaptomecus yarigui Galvis & Rheims, 2018
Caayguara ajuba Rheims, 2010
Caayguara album Mello-Leitao, 1918
Caayguara apiaba Rheims, 2010
Caayguara atyaia Rheims, 2010
Caayguara catuoca Rheims, 2010
Caayguara cupepemassu Rheims, 2010
Caayguara cupepemayri Rheims, 2010
Caayguara itajucamussi Rheims, 2010
Caayguara juati Rheims, 2010
Caayguara pinda Rheims, 2010
Caayguara poi Rheims, 2010
Caayguara ybityriguara Rheims, 2010
Cuiambuca aratangi Rheims, 2023
Cuiambuca borborema Rheims, 2023
Cuiambuca vacabrava Rheims, 2023
Curicaberis ferrugineus C.L.Koch, 1836
Curicaberis pedregal Rheims, 2015
Decaphora planada Rheims, 2017
Dermochrosia maculatissima Cândido Firm..., 1940
Eusparassus dufouri Eugène Simon, 1932
Eusparassus palystiformis Strand, 1907
Eusparassus shefteli Ralph Vary C..., 1916
Extraordinarius alicecooperi Rheims, 2022
Extraordinarius andrematosi Rheims, 2019
Extraordinarius angusyoungi Rheims, 2022
Extraordinarius brucedickinsoni Rheims, 2019
Extraordinarius klausmeinei Rheims, 2019
Extraordinarius rickalleni Rheims, 2019
Guadana alpahuayo Rheims, 2021
Guadana amendoim Rheims, 2021
Guadana arawak Rheims, 2021
Guadana manauara Rheims, 2010
Guadana mapia Rheims, 2021
Guadana muirpinima Rheims, 2021
Guadana neblina Rheims, 2010
Guadana panguana Rheims, 2010
Guadana quillu Rheims, 2010
Guadana tambopata Rheims, 2010
Guadana ucayali Rheims, 2021
Guadana urucu Rheims, 2010
Heteropoda boiei Doleschall, 1859
Heteropoda camelia Strand, 1914
Heteropoda leptoscelis Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Heteropoda meticulosa Eugène Simon, 1880
Heteropoda rosea Ferdinand Ka..., 1879Uinta sandwort
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Macrinus aisenbergae Rheims, 2025
Macrinus bambuco Rheims, 2010
Macrinus jaegeri Rheims, 2007
Macrinus pollexensis Ehrenfried S..., 1953
Macrinus succineus Eugène Simon, 1887
Meri abuna Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri aparia Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri arraijan Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri carabobo Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri conduri Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri formosus Banks, 1929
Meri guri Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri jaraua Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri kaieteur Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri manaos Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri mathani Simon, 1880
Meri munduruku Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri paiaia Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri pictitarsis Simon, 1880
Meri quinari Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri rivai Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri tambor Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri tapirapeco Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri trinitatis Strand, 1916
Meri tumatumari Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri vanini Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri yaciba Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Micrommata ligurina C.L. Koch, 1845
Micrommata virescens Clerck, 1758Green huntsman spider
Nativus carare Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus hazzii Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus janai Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus juruti Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus mariua Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus napo Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus nocaima Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus tawu Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus tupana Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nativus yurupari Casas & Rheims, 2023
Nolavia antiguensis columbiensis Schmidt, 1971
Nolavia fuhrmanni Strand, 1914
Nolavia helva Keyserling, 1880
Nolavia rubriventris Piza, 1939
Nolavia stylifer F. O. Pickar..., 1900
Nolavia stylifera F.O.Pickard-..., 1900
Nolavia valenciae Strand, 1916
Nonianus gaujoni Eugène Simon, 1897
Nonianus unilateralis Embrik Strand, 1908
Nungara anama Pinto & Rheims, 2016
Nungara cayana Taczanowski, 1872
Nungara gaturama Pinto & Rheims, 2016
Nungara niveomaculata Mello-Leitao, 1941
Olios acostae Ehrenfried S..., 1953Huntsman spiders
Olios albus (Cândido Firm..., 1918)⇒ Caayguara album Mello-Leitao, 1918
Olios antiguensis Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios antiguensis columbiensis Schmidt, 1971
Olios argelasius (Charles Atha..., 1805)⇒ Olios canariensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1838
Olios atomarius Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios attractus Alexander Pe..., 1911
Olios aurantiacus Cândido Firm..., 1918
Olios berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1951San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
Olios bivittatus Carl Friedri..., 1951
Olios bombilius Frederick Oc..., 1899
Olios caprinus Cândido Firm..., 1918
Olios cayanus Władysław ..., 1872
Olios corallinus Joachim Schmidt, 1971
Olios crassus Richard C. B..., 1909Huntsman spiders
Olios debilipes Cândido Firm..., 1945
Olios discolorichelis Lodovico di ..., 1947
Olios erroneus Octavius Pic..., 1890Huntsman spiders
Olios fasciatus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios ferrugineus (Carl Ludwig ..., 1836)⇒ Curicaberis ferrugineus C.L.Koch, 1836
Olios flavens Hercule Nicolet, 1849Lance-leaf stonecrop
Olios fuhrmanni Embrik Strand, 1914
Olios fuscovariatus Cândido Firm..., 1943
Olios galapagoensis Richard C. B..., 1902
Olios gaujoni Simon, 1897
Olios giganteus Eugen von Ke..., 1884Giant Crab Spider
Olios gracilipes (Taczanowski, 1872)⇒ Vindullus gracilipes Taczanowski, 1872
Olios helvus Keyserling, 1880
Olios hyeroglyphicus Cândido Firm..., 1918
Olios keyserlingi Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios lepidus Jehan Vellard, 1924
Olios longipedatus Carl Friedri..., 1951San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
Olios longipes (Walckenaer, 1837)⇒ Tychicus longipes Charles Atha..., 1837
Olios luteus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios macroepigynus Ilka Maria F..., 1944
Olios maculatus (John Blackwall, 1862)⇒ Olios berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1951
Olios mathani Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios minensis Cândido Firm..., 1917
Olios mutabilis Cândido Firm..., 1917
Olios nigristernis Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios nigriventris Władysław ..., 1872
Olios niveomaculatus Cândido Firm..., 1941
Olios orchiticus Cândido Firm..., 1930
Olios paraensis Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios pellucidus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios peruvianus Carl Friedri..., 1951San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
Olios pictitarsis Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios plumipes Cândido Firm..., 1937
Olios pollexensis (Schenkel, 1953)⇒ Macrinus pollexensis Ehrenfried S..., 1953
Olios puniceus Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios quinquelineatus Władysław ..., 1872
Olios roeweri Lodovico di ..., 1955
Olios rubripes Władysław ..., 1872
Olios rufus Keyserling, 1880
Olios sexpunctatus Lodovico di ..., 1947
Olios soratensis Strand, 1907
Olios stylifer Frederick Oc..., 1900
Olios subadultus Cândido Firm..., 1930
Olios sylvaticus John Blackwall, 1862
Olios tigrinus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios valenciae Embrik Strand, 1916Poplar borer
Olios velox Eugène Simon, 1880Spotted appletree borer
Olios ventrosus Hercule Nicolet, 1849Hickory saperda
Olios vitiosus Jehan Vellard, 1924
Origes chloroticus Cândido Firm..., 1945
Origes nigrovittatus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Origes pollens Eugène Simon, 1897Alder borer
Paenula paupercula Eugène Simon, 1897
Palystes reticulatus William Jose..., 1899
Papiri cabruca Rheims, 2025
Papiri cacau Rheims, 2025
Papiri caete Rheims, 2025
Papiri tacomare Rheims, 2025
Polybetes bombilius F. O. Pickar..., 1899
Polybetes delfini Eugène Simon, 1904
Polybetes fasciatus Keyserling, 1880
Polybetes germaini Eugène Simon, 1897
Polybetes hyeroglyphicus Mello-Leitão, 1918
Polybetes martius Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Polybetes obnuptus Eugène Simon, 1897
Polybetes pallidus Cândido Firm..., 1941
Polybetes parvus Järvi, 1914
Polybetes proximus Cândido Firm..., 1943
Polybetes punctulatus Cândido Firm..., 1944
Polybetes pythagoricus Holmberg, 1874
Polybetes quadrifoveatus Järvi, 1914
Polybetes rapidus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Polybetes rubrosignatus Cândido Firm..., 1943
Polybetes trifoveatus Järvi, 1914
Prusias brasiliensis Cândido Firm..., 1915
Prusias lanceolatus Eugène Simon, 1897
Pseudosparianthis accentuata Lodovico di ..., 1955
Pseudosparianthis fusca Eugène Simon, 1887
Pseudosparianthis megalopalpa Lodovico di ..., 1954
Pseudosparianthis picta Eugène Simon, 1887
Pseudosparianthis ravida Eugène Simon, 1897
Sampaiosia crulsi Cândido Firm..., 1930
Sparianthina adisi Peter Jäger,..., 2009
Sparianthina boyaca Rheims, 2021
Sparianthina deltshevi Peter Jäger,..., 2009
Sparianthina gaita Rheims, 2011
Sparianthina milleri Lodovico di ..., 1955
Sparianthina pumilla Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Sparianthina rufescens Cândido Firm..., 1940
Sparianthina saaristoi Peter Jäger,..., 2009
Sparianthina selenopoides Richard C. B..., 1929Huntsman spiders
Sparianthis accentuata Caporiacco, 1955
Sparianthis amazonica (Eugène Simon, 1880)⇒ Uaiuara amazonica Simon, 1880
Sparianthis boibumba Casas & Rheims, 2024
Sparianthis boraris Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis caracarai Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis cascalheira Casas & Rheims, 2024
Sparianthis chicaque Casas & Rheims, 2024
Sparianthis chickeringi Gertsch, 1941
Sparianthis crulsi Mello-Leitão, 1930
Sparianthis granadensis Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Sparianthis humaita Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis iguaque Casas & Rheims, 2024
Sparianthis juazeiro Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis juruti Rheims, 2020
Sparianthis matupiri Casas & Rheims, 2024
Sparianthis medina Casas & Rheims, 2024
Sparianthis megalopalpa Caporiacco, 1954
Sparianthis megalopalpus Caporiacco, 1954
Sparianthis picta Simon, 1887
Sparianthis ravida Simon, 1898
Sparianthis tuparro Casas & Rheims, 2024
Spatala flavovittata (Simon, 1897)⇒ Adcatomus flavovittatus Simon, 1897
Stasina americana Eugène Simon, 1887
Stasina hirticeps Lodovico di ..., 1955
Stasina koluene Cândido Firm..., 1949
Stasina spinosa Eugène Simon, 1897
Tibellomma chazaliae Eugène Simon, 1898
Tychicus longipes Charles Atha..., 1837
Uaica carapiranga Rheims, 2025
Uaica juruena Rheims, 2025
Uaica karipuna Rheims, 2025
Uaica mapia Rheims, 2025
Uaica uatuma Rheims, 2025
Uaiuara amazonica Simon, 1880
Uaiuara dianae Rheims, 2013
Uaiuara jirau Rheims, 2013
Uaiuara ope Rheims, 2013
Uaiuara palenque Rheims, 2013
Uaiuara quyguaba Rheims, 2013
Uaiuara zungarococha Rheims, 2024
Vindullus angulatus Rheims & Pet..., 2008Megamouth sharks
Vindullus concavus Rheims & Pet..., 2008Megamouth sharks
Vindullus gibbosus Rheims & Pet..., 2008Megamouth sharks
Vindullus gracilipes Taczanowski, 1872
Vindullus kratochvili Lodovico di ..., 1955
Vindullus undulatus Rheims & Pet..., 2008Megamouth sharks
Vindullus viridans (Simon, 1880)⇒ Vindullus gracilipes Taczanowski, 1872

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in South America
SubfamilyDeleninae
Hogg, 1903
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPalystinae
Simon, 1897
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
19
127
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
4
30
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