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Checklist for Superfamily Sparassoidea Bertkau, 1872
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		72
164
146		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
56
133
111		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
41
116
89		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders		40
115
88		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders		36
109
82		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
36
109
82		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
3
5		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Town
1 Family width 5 Species
Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872Giant crab spiders5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Town
3 Genera with 5 Species
Eusparassus Simon, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1875Lizard-eating spiders3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Town
5 Species
Eusparassus palystiformis Strand, 1907
Heteropoda lentula Mary Agard P..., 1901Pharaoh ant
Palystes castaneus Latreille, 1819Elm borer
Palystes karooensis Croeser, 1996
Palystes superciliosus Koch, 1875Common rain spider

Subnodes of Sparassoidea with occurrences in Cape Town
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans, Wood spiders		3
5		Genera
Species
Taxom