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English species names of Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans, Wood spiders


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		1342
20133
198818		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders		242
6840
80976		Families
Genera
Species
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans		134
2090		Genera
Species


A
Alder borerOriges pollens Eugène Simon, 1897
Avondale spiderDelena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837


B
Badge Huntsman SpiderNeosparassus diana Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, 1875
Badge Huntsman spidersNeosparassus Hogg, 1902
Badge Huntsman spiders and Shield Huntsman spidersNeosparassus Hogg, 1902
Banana spiderHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Brown huntsmanHeteropoda cervina Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, 1875
Brown Huntsman SpiderHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767


C
Cane spiderOlios albifrons Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderPalystes maderianus Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderOlios leucosius Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderOlios freycineti Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderSarotes regius Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderOlios maderianus Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderHeteropoda ferina Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderSarotes venatorius Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderMicrommata setulosa Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderOlios colombianus Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderOlios gabonensis Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderOlios zonatus Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Cane spiderOlios javensis Linnaeus, 1767
Cartwheeling spiderCebrennus rechenbergi Peter Jäger, 2014
Columbia basin wirewormPseudopoda wang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009
Common rain spiderPalystes superciliosus Koch, 1875


D
Dancing White Lady SpiderLeucorchestris arenicola George Newbold Lawrence, 1962
Dancing White lady spiderCarparachne aureoflava Lawrence, 1966
Dancing White Lady SpiderLeucorchestris kochi Lawrence, 1962


E
Elm borerPalystes castaneus Latreille, 1819
Eyeless huntsman spiderSinopoda scurion - Eyeless Huntsman Spider Founded in Laos, 2012


F
Flat huntsman spiderDelena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837
Football spiderNeosparassus patellatus Ferdinand Karsch, 1878


G
Giant crab spiderOlios albifrons Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderPalystes maderianus Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderOlios leucosius Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderOlios freycineti Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderSarotes regius Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderOlios maderianus Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderHeteropoda ferina Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderSarotes venatorius Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderMicrommata setulosa Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderOlios colombianus Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderOlios gabonensis Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderOlios zonatus Linnaeus, 1767
Giant Crab SpiderOlios giganteus Eugen von Keyserling, 1884
Giant crab spiderHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spiderOlios javensis Linnaeus, 1767
Giant crab spidersHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Giant HuntsmanHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Giant huntsman spiderHeteropoda maxima Jäger, 2001
Giant huntsman spiderHolconia immanis L. Koch, 1867
Giant huntsman spiderTypostola barbata Koch, 1875
Golden huntsman spiderOlios fasciculatu
Golden huntsman spiderOlios fasciculatus Eugène Simon, 1880
Golden Wheel spiderCarparachne aureoflava Lawrence, 1966
Green huntsman spiderMicrommata virescens Clerck, 1758
Green SpiderMicrommata virescens Clerck, 1758
Grey Huntsman SpiderHolconia immanis L. Koch, 1867


H
Hickory saperdaOlios ventrosus Hercule Nicolet, 1849
HuntsmanHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
HuntsmanHolconia immanis L. Koch, 1867
Huntsman spiderHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Huntsman spidersOlios formosus Richard C. Banks, 1929
Huntsman spidersPseudosparianthis chickeringi Willis J. Gertsch, 1941
Huntsman spidersAnaptomecus temii Peter Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009
Huntsman spidersOlios annulatus Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1900
Huntsman spidersOlios audax Richard C. Banks, 1909
Huntsman spidersOlios fugiens Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1890
Huntsman spidersOlios manifestus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1890
Huntsman spidersPrusias nugalis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Huntsman spidersOlios obscurus Eugen von Keyserling, 1880
Huntsman spidersOlios crassus Richard C. Banks, 1909
Huntsman spidersPrusias semotus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Huntsman spidersDecaphora kohunlich Rheims & Alayón, 2014
Huntsman spidersOlios obtusus Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1900
Huntsman spidersOlios erroneus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1890
Huntsman spidersOlios guatemalensis Eugen von Keyserling, 1887
Huntsman spidersDecaphora pestai Reimoser, 1939
Huntsman spidersSparianthina selenopoides Richard C. Banks, 1929
Huntsman spidersOlios similis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1890
Huntsman spidersOlios simoni Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1890
Huntsman spidersDefectrix defectrix Alexander Petrunkevitch, 1925
Huntsman spidersSparianthis barroana Ralph Vary Chamberlin, 1925
Huntsman spidersOlios acostae Ehrenfried Schenkel-Haas, 1953
Huntsman spidersOlios ferrugineus Carl Ludwig Koch, 1836
Huntsman spidersAnaptomecus longiventris Eugène Simon, 1903
Huntsman spidersPseudosparianthis ambigua Lodovico di Caporiacco, 1938


L
Large brown spiderHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Large huntsman spiderHolconia immanis L. Koch, 1867
LayaHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Lichen huntsmanPandercetes gracilis Koch, 1875
Lichen Huntsman SpiderPandercetes gracilis Koch, 1875
Linden borerPalystes convexus Embrik Strand, 1907
Lizard-eating spidersPalystes L. Koch, 1875


M
Moroccan flic-flac spiderCebrennus rechenbergi Peter Jäger, 2014


P
Pacific coast wirewormSinopoda crassa J.Liu , S.Q.Li & Jäger, 2008
Pantropical huntsman spiderHeteropoda venatoria Linnaeus, 1767
Poplar borerOlios valenciae Embrik Strand, 1916
Poplar-gall saperdaOlios xerxes Mary Agard Pocock, 1901
Purple huntsman spiderHeteropoda lunula Carl Ludwig Doleschall, 1857


R
Rain spidersPalystes L. Koch, 1875
Roundheaded appletree borerOlios variatus Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell, 1899


S
Saltmarsh Tiger BeetleOlios hirtus Ferdinand Karsch, 1879
Shield Huntsman spidersNeosparassus Hogg, 1902
Social huntsman spiderDelena cancerides Walckenaer, 1837
Spotted appletree borerOlios velox Eugène Simon, 1880
Sugarbeet wirewormPseudopoda zhenkangensis Yang & al., 2009
Sydney huntsman spiderHolconia immanis L. Koch, 1867


T
Thorn limb borerOlios vestigator Eugène Simon, 1897
Tortula mossTortula Simon, 1880


W
Western field wirewormPseudopoda zhangi Fu & Zhu, 2008
Wheel spiderCarparachne aureoflava Lawrence, 1966
Woodbine borerPalystella browni George Newbold Lawrence, 1962


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