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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Southeast Brazil (Brazil)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
214
695
1155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
194
605
1043
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
48
263
530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
45
260
518
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
41
240
488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
41
240
488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southeast Brazil
3 Genera with 4 Species
Caayguara Rheims, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Polybetes Simon, 18741SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southeast Brazil
4 Species
Caayguara album Mello-Leitao, 1918
Caayguara ybityriguara Rheims, 2010
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Polybetes pythagoricus Holmberg, 1874

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Southeast Brazil
SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
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