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Checklist for Superfamily Sparassoidea Bertkau, 1872
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
266
1114
2746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
234
1010
2473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
77
634
1742
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
72
620
1700
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
61
591
1608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
61
591
1608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
18
85
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indian Ocean islands
1 Family width 85 Species and 2 Subspecies
Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872Giant crab spiders85SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
18 Genera with 85 Species
Chrosioderma Simon, 20059SpeciesTaxom
Damastes Simon, 187716SpeciesTaxom
Deelemanikara Jäger, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Eusparassus Simon, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Martensikara Jäger, 20252SpeciesTaxom
Megaloremmius Simon, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Micrommata Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 186312SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1907Lizard-eating spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Pleorotus Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Rhacocnemis Simon, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Rhitymna Simon, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Staianus Simon, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Stipax Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Thomasettia Hirst, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Thunberga Jäger, 202130SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
85 Species and 2 Subspecies
Chrosioderma albidum Eugène Simon, 1897
Chrosioderma analalava Silva, 2005
Chrosioderma havia Silva, 2005
Chrosioderma mahavelona Silva, 2005
Chrosioderma mipentinapentina Silva, 2005
Chrosioderma namoroka Silva, 2005
Chrosioderma ranomafana Silva, 2005
Chrosioderma roaloha Silva, 2005
Chrosioderma soalala Silva, 2005
Damastes atrignathus Embrik Strand, 1908
Damastes coquereli Eugène Simon, 1880
Damastes coquereli affinis Strand, 1907
Damastes decoratus Eugène Simon, 1897
Damastes fasciolatus Eugène Simon, 1903
Damastes flavomaculatus Eugène Simon, 1880
Damastes grandidieri Eugène Simon, 1880
Damastes majungensis Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Damastes malagassus Jean-Louis Fage, 1926
Damastes malagasus Ferdinand Ka..., 1881
Damastes masculinus Embrik Strand, 1908
Damastes nossibeensis Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Damastes oswaldi Lenz, 1891
Damastes pallidus Ehrenfried S..., 1937
Damastes sikoranus Embrik Strand, 1906
Damastes validus John Blackwall, 1877
Deelemanikara christae Jäger, 2021
Eusparassus laterifuscus Embrik Strand, 1908
Gnathopalystes nigriventer Wladislaus K..., 1910
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Martensikara jocheni Jäger, 2021
Martensikara quadrituberculata Hu, Chen & Liu, 2025
Megaloremmius leo Eugène Simon, 1903
Micrommata virescens Clerck, 1758Green huntsman spider
Olios argelasius (Charles Atha..., 1805)⇒ Olios canariensis Hippolyte Lucas, 1838
Olios coenobita (Fage, 1926)⇒ Olios coenobitus Jean-Louis Fage, 1926
Olios coenobitus Jean-Louis Fage, 1926
Olios erraticus Jean-Louis Fage, 1926
Olios lamarcki Latreille, 1806
Olios malagassus Strand, 1907
Olios malagassus septifer Strand, 1908
Olios mordax Octavius Pic..., 1899
Olios nossibeensis Strand, 1907
Olios pusillus Eugène Simon, 1880
Olios subpusillus Embrik Strand, 1907
Olios viridis Vinson, 1863
Palystes convexus Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Palystes spiralis Embrik Strand, 1907
Pleorotus braueri Eugène Simon, 1898
Rhacocnemis guttata Blackwall, 1877
Rhacocnemis guttatus John Blackwall, 1877
Rhitymna flava Joachim Schm..., 1994
Rhitymna hildebrandti Järvi, 1914
Rhitymna imerinensis Vinson, 1863
Staianus acuminatus Eugène Simon, 1889
Stipax triangulifer Eugène Simon, 1898
Thomasettia seychellana Arthur Stanl..., 1911
Thunberga aliena Jäger, 2021
Thunberga befotaka Jäger, 2021
Thunberga boyanslat Jäger, 2021
Thunberga cala Jäger, 2021
Thunberga conductor Jäger, 2021
Thunberga daraina Jäger, 2021
Thunberga elongata Jäger, 2021
Thunberga gosura Jäger, 2021
Thunberga greta Jäger, 2020
Thunberga jaervii Jäger, 2021
Thunberga jyoti Jäger, 2021
Thunberga mafira Jäger, 2021
Thunberga malagassa Strand, 1907
Thunberga malala Jäger, 2021
Thunberga mama Jäger, 2021
Thunberga matoma Jäger, 2021
Thunberga milloti Jäger, 2021
Thunberga nossibeensis Strand, 1907
Thunberga panusilem Jäger, 2021
Thunberga paulyi Jäger, 2021
Thunberga platnicki Jäger, 2021
Thunberga rothorum Jäger, 2021
Thunberga rugosa Jäger, 2021
Thunberga samsagala Jäger, 2021
Thunberga septifer Strand, 1908
Thunberga septifera Strand, 1908
Thunberga soruag Jäger, 2021
Thunberga v-insignita Jäger, 2021
Thunberga wasserthali Jäger, 2021
Thunberga woodae Jäger, 2021

Subnodes of Sparassoidea with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans, Wood spiders
18
85
Genera
Species

Taxom