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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
186
895
2284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
151
706
1584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
63
498
1226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
59
487
1200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
48
435
1084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
48
435
1084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
14
34
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans
14
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Venezuela
14 Genera with 34 Species
Adcatomus Karsch, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Macrinus Simon, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Meri Rheims & Jäger, 20226SpeciesTaxom
Nolavia Kammerer, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 19166SpeciesTaxom
Polybetes Simon, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosparianthis Simon, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Sparianthina N. Banks, 20095SpeciesTaxom
Sparianthis Simon, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Spatala Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Stasina Simon, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Tibellomma Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Vindullus Simon, 18804SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Venezuela
34 Species
Adcatomus ciudadus Karsch, 1880Spreading sandwort
Adcatomus flavovittatus Simon, 1897
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Macrinus pollexensis Ehrenfried S..., 1953
Meri carabobo Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri guri Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri jaraua Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri kaieteur Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Meri trinitatis Strand, 1916
Meri yaciba Rheims & Jäger, 2022
Nolavia valenciae Strand, 1916
Olios acostae Ehrenfried S..., 1953Huntsman spiders
Olios antiguensis Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Olios erroneus Octavius Pic..., 1890Huntsman spiders
Olios fuhrmanni Embrik Strand, 1914
Olios pollexensis (Schenkel, 1953)⇒ Macrinus pollexensis Ehrenfried S..., 1953
Olios valenciae Embrik Strand, 1916Poplar borer
Polybetes germaini Eugène Simon, 1897
Polybetes rapidus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Pseudosparianthis accentuata Lodovico di ..., 1955
Sparianthina adisi Peter Jäger,..., 2009
Sparianthina deltshevi Peter Jäger,..., 2009
Sparianthina gaita Rheims, 2011
Sparianthina milleri Lodovico di ..., 1955
Sparianthina saaristoi Peter Jäger,..., 2009
Sparianthis accentuata Caporiacco, 1955
Spatala flavovittata (Simon, 1897)⇒ Adcatomus flavovittatus Simon, 1897
Stasina hirticeps Lodovico di ..., 1955
Tibellomma chazaliae Eugène Simon, 1898
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 Venezuela
SubfamilyHeteropodinae
Thorell, 1873
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparassinae
Bertkau, 1872
8
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySparianthinae
Simon, 1897
3
3
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