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Checklist for Superfamily Sparassoidea Bertkau, 1872
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
173
628
1291
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
150
540
1112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
60
314
670
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
55
304
650
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
46
281
600
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
46
281
600
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sparassoidea
Bertkau, 1872
1
14
45
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
1 Family width 45 Species and 1 Subspecies
Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872Giant crab spiders45SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
14 Genera with 45 Species
Beregama Hirst, 18813SpeciesTaxom
Clastes Walckenaer, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Gnathopalystes Rainbow, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Heteropoda Latreille, 188118SpeciesTaxom
Isopeda Koch, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Micropoda Grall & Jäger, 20222SpeciesTaxom
Neosparassus Hogg, 1903Badge Huntsman spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Olios Walckenaer, 19116SpeciesTaxom
Palystes L. Koch, 1805Lizard-eating spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pandercetes L. Koch, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Prychia L. Koch, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Thelcticopis Karsch, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Tychicus Simon, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Typostola Simon, 19991SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
45 Species and 1 Subspecies
Beregama aurea Koch, 1875
Beregama goliath Chrysanthus, 1965
Beregama herculea Thorell, 1881
Clastes freycineti Charles Atha..., 1837Milkweed
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 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 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
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 mygalinus Carl Ludwig ..., 1857
Olios rubriventris Tord Tamerla..., 1881
Olios similaris William Jose..., 1898
Olios wolfi Embrik Strand, 1911
Palystes pinnotheres Charles Atha..., 1805
Pandercetes longipes Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Pandercetes plumosus Mary Agard P..., 1899
Prychia gracilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1875
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
Tychicus gaymardi Eugène Simon, 1880
Typostola tari Hirst, 1999Nurse sharks

Subnodes of Sparassoidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
FamilySparassidae
Bertkau, 1872
Giant crab spiders, Huntsman spiders, Huntsmans, Wood spiders
14
45
Genera
Species

Taxom