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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
51
110
159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
41
98
150
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
23
71
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
21
69
117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
17
63
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
16
62
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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


Genera for Vanuatu
2 Genera with 4 Species
Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17673SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Vanuatu
4 Species
Gnathopalystes ferox William Jose..., 1899
Heteropoda nobilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1875
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000

Subnodes of Sparassidae with occurrences in Vanuatu
SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
1
3
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