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Checklist for Superfamily Sparassoidea Bertkau, 1872
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
270
1110
2490
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
232
968
2182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
75
552
1385
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
69
537
1352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
57
489
1210
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
56
488
1208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
17
66
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
1 Family width 66 Species and 1 Subspecies
Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872Giant crab spiders66SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melanesia
17 Genera with 66 Species
Beregama Hirst, 18813SpeciesTaxom
Clastes Walckenaer, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Eusparassus Simon, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 188121SpeciesTaxom
Isopeda Koch, 19243SpeciesTaxom
Micropoda Grall & Jäger, 20222SpeciesTaxom
Neosparassus Hogg, 1903Badge Huntsman spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 191116SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1899Lizard-eating spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Pandercetes L. Koch, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Polybetes Simon, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Prychia L. Koch, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Seramba Thorell, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Thelcticopis Karsch, 18736SpeciesTaxom
Tychicus Simon, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Typostola Simon, 19991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
66 Species and 1 Subspecies
Beregama aurea Koch, 1875
Beregama goliath Chrysanthus, 1965
Beregama herculea Thorell, 1881
Clastes freycineti Charles Atha..., 1837Milkweed
Eusparassus shefteli Ralph Vary C..., 1916
Gnathopalystes ferox William Jose..., 1899
Gnathopalystes ignicomus Ludwig Carl ..., 1875
Gnathopalystes nigriventer Wladislaus K..., 1910
Heteropoda analis Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Heteropoda chelata Strand, 1911
Heteropoda cyanognatha Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Heteropoda hirsti Peter Jäger, 2008
Heteropoda jacobi Embrik Strand, 1911
Heteropoda kabaenae Embrik Strand, 1911
Heteropoda mecistopus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Heteropoda mediocris Eugène Simon, 1880
Heteropoda mindiptanensis Pater Chrysa..., 1965
Heteropoda muscicapa Embrik Strand, 1911
Heteropoda nobilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1875
Heteropoda novaguineensis Embrik Strand, 1911
Heteropoda renibulbis Hugh Davies, 1994
Heteropoda ruricola Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Heteropoda sarotoides Järvi, 1914
Heteropoda schlaginhaufeni Embrik Strand, 1911
Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda speciosa Pocock, 1898
Heteropoda speciosus Mary Agard P..., 1898
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000
Heteropoda venatoria foveolata Thorell, 1881
Isopeda aurea (L. Koch, 1875)⇒ Beregama aurea Koch, 1875
Isopeda deianira Thorell, 1881
Isopeda neocaledonica Berland, 1924
Micropoda bigyrus Hu, Chen & Liu, 2025
Micropoda daviesae Grall & Jäger, 2022
Neosparassus magareyi Henry Rought..., 1903
Olios actaeon (Mary Agard P..., 1899)⇒ Olios artemis Henry Rought..., 1916
Olios artemis Henry Rought..., 1916
Olios berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1951San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
Olios canalae Lucien Berland, 1924
Olios extensus Lucien Berland, 1924
Olios francoisi Eugène Simon, 1898
Olios fulvithorax Lucien Berland, 1924
Olios humboldtianus Lucien Berland, 1924
Olios monticola Lucien Berland, 1924
Olios mygalinus Carl Ludwig ..., 1857
Olios neocaledonicus Lucien Berland, 1924
Olios oberzelleri Kritscher, 1966
Olios oubatchensis Lucien Berland, 1924
Olios rubriventris Tord Tamerla..., 1881
Olios similaris William Jose..., 1898
Olios wolfi Embrik Strand, 1911
Palystes pinnotheres Charles Atha..., 1805
Palystes reticulatus William Jose..., 1899
Pandercetes longipes Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Pandercetes plumosus Mary Agard P..., 1899
Polybetes pythagoricus Holmberg, 1874
Polybetes rapidus Eugen von Ke..., 1880
Prychia gracilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1875
Seramba salomonum (Strand, 1913)⇒ Thelcticopis salomonum Embrik Strand, 1913
Thelcticopis biroi Gábor von Ko..., 1934
Thelcticopis ochracea Mary Agard P..., 1899
Thelcticopis papuana Eugène Simon, 1880
Thelcticopis quadrimunita Embrik Strand, 1911
Thelcticopis salomonum Embrik Strand, 1913
Thelcticopis vasta Ludwig Carl ..., 1873
Tychicus gaymardi Eugène Simon, 1880
Typostola tari Hirst, 1999Nurse sharks

Subnodes of Sparassoidea with occurrences in Melanesia
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans, Wood spiders
17
66
Genera
Species

Taxom