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Checklist for Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872 (Giant crab spiders)
and region Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
210
775
1695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
185
672
1471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
64
395
981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
60
388
966
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
50
361
917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
49
360
915
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
11
22
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
11
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
11 Genera with 22 Species
Anchonastus Simon, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Barylestis Simon, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Berlandia Lessert, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Eusparassus Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Nisueta Simon, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 19218SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1890Lizard-eating spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Pandercetes L. Koch, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Platnickopoda Jäger, 20201SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomicrommata Järvi, 18951SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
22 Species
Anchonastus caudatus Eugène Simon, 1898
Anchonastus plumosus Mary Agard P..., 1899
Berlandia longipes Roger de Les..., 1921
Berlandia tenebricola Eugène Simon..., 1922
Eusparassus vestigator Simon, 1897
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Nisueta quadrispilosa Simon, 1880
Nisueta quadrispilota Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios amanensis Strand, 1907
Olios auricomis Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios correvoni Roger de Les..., 1921
Olios fasciculatus Eugène Simon, 1880Golden huntsman spider
Olios fasciiventris Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios quadrispilotus Simon, 1880
Olios rufilatus Mary Agard P..., 1899
Olios sjostedti Roger de Les..., 1921
Palystes ellioti Pocock, 1896
Palystes hoehneli Eugène Simon, 1890
Pandercetes plumosus Mary Agard P..., 1899
Platnickopoda normani Jäger, 2020
Pseudomicrommata longipes Friedrich Wi..., 1895

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

Taxom

SubfamilyPalystinae
Simon, 1897
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
5
14
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