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Checklist for Superfamily Sparassoidea Bertkau, 1872
and region Nigeria (West Africa)


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		85
230
397		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
74
211
375		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
24
123
221		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders		23
122
219		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders		21
118
209		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
21
118
209		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Nigeria
1 Family width 4 Species
Sparassidae (Bertkau, 1872)Giant crab spiders4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nigeria
3 Genera with 4 Species
Barylestis Simon, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Eusparassus Simon, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 17672SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nigeria
4 Species
Barylestis manni Strand, 1906
Eusparassus reverentia Moradmand, 2013
Heteropoda manni Embrik Strand, 1906
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000

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