Heteropoda

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Heteropoda
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Heteropoda maxima 1.jpg
Heteropoda maxima
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Heteropoda
Latreille, 1804
Species

197 accepted species; see text.

Heteropoda is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae, the huntsman spiders. They are mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Australia, while at least one species, H. venatoria, has a cosmopolitan distribution,[1] and H. variegata occurs in the Mediterranean.[2]

These spiders catch and eat insects, but in a laboratory study one species readily ate fish and tadpoles when offered,[1] and H. venatoria has been known to eat scorpions and bats.[3]

The largest species in the genus, H. maxima, is about 4.6 centimeters long but has a legspan of up to 30 centimeters, therefore being the largest of any extant spider.[4]

Species[]

As of December 2015, there were about 197 species in the genus, after series of revisions.[5][6]

  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Bayer & Jäger, 2009 — Laos
  • Roewer, 1962 — Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Strand, 1907 — India
  • Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam
  • Fox, 1936 — China, Hong Kong
  • Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
  • (Thorell, 1887) — Myanmar, Sumatra
  • Pocock, 1904 — Maldive Islands
  • Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Roewer, 1951 — Moluccas
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Jäger, 2005 — Borneo
  • Jäger, 2005 — Sulawesi
  • Patel & Patel, 1973 — India
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland, New South Wales
  • (Doleschall, 1859) — Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java
  • Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • (Thorell, 1890) — Borneo
  • (Simon, 1906) — Vietnam
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Strand, 1914 — Colombia
  • Davies, 1994 — Western Australia
  • Jäger, 2014 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda cervina (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland
  • (Strand, 1911) — New Guinea
    • Heteropoda chelata vittichelis (Strand, 1911) — New Guinea
  • Wang, 1990 — China
  • Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Simon, 1880 — Java
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Strand, 1907 — Java
  • Thorell, 1881 — Yule Islands
  • Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Heteropoda dagmarae Jäger & Vedel, 2005 — Laos, Thailand
  • (Hogg, 1914) — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda davidbowie Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra
  • (L. Koch, 1875) — Samoa
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Jäger, 2008 — Borneo
  • Jäger, 2008 — Borneo
  • Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands, Kei Islands
  • Heteropoda eluta Karsch, 1891 — Sri Lanka
  • Strand, 1907 — India
  • Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Simon, 1885 — India
  • Jäger, 2005 — India
  • Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Thorell, 1890 — Malaysia
  • Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Simon, 1877 — Philippines
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Monga, Sadana & Singh, 1988 — India
  • Strand, 1907 — Java
  • Davies, 1994 — Northern Territory
  • Hu & Li, 1987 — China
  • Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Jäger, 2008 — China
  • (Hogg, 1914) — Western Australia
  • Jäger, 2008 — Molucca Islands
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Jäger, 2008 — New Guinea
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra, Java, Borneo
  • Pocock, 1897 — Borneo
  • Peng & Yin, 2001 — China
  • (Simon, 1880) — Vietnam
  • Thorell, 1892 — Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Jäger, 2008 — Singapore, Sumatra
  • Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam
  • (Simon, 1880) — Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
  • Li, 1991 — China
  • (L. Koch, 1876) — Queensland
  • Strand, 1911 — Bismarck Archipel
  • Davies, 1994 — Western Australia
  • Heteropoda kandiana Pocock, 1899 — India, Sri Lanka
  • Pocock, 1897 — Moluccas
  • Sethi & Tikader, 1988 — India
  • Jäger, 2014 — Borneo
  • Jäger, 2008 — Singapore, Sumatra
  • Simon, 1887 — Myanmar
  • (Hogg, 1922) — Vietnam
  • Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Simon, 1884 — India, Myanmar, Malaysia
  • Thorell, 1892 — Sumatra
  • Roewer, 1962 — Afghanistan
  • Pocock, 1900 — Christmas Islands
  • Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia, Sumatra
  • (L. Koch, 1875) — New South Wales
  • (Doleschall, 1857) — India to Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, Borneo
  • Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Simon, 1906 — India
  • Davies, 1994 — Western Australia
  • Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Jäger, 2000 — Sumatra
  • Jäger, 2014 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda maxima Jäger, 2001 — Laos
  • Pocock, 1898 — Solomon Islands
  • Simon, 1880 — Java, New Guinea
  • Jäger, 2008 — Sulawesi
  • Strand, 1907 — India
  • Simon, 1880 — Peru
  • Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Thorell, 1890 — Java
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • (Pocock, 1897) — Borneo
  • Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Jäger, 2005 — Borneo
  • Thorell, 1890 — Malaysia
  • Pocock, 1897 — Sulawesi
  • Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia
  • (Simon, 1903) — India, Sumatra
  • (L. Koch, 1875) — New Hebrides, Australia, Polynesia
  • Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Hu & Li, 1987 — China
  • Jäger, 2014 — Sulawesi
  • Thorell, 1890 — Borneo
  • (Simon, 1887) — Java, Sumatra
  • Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam
  • Jäger, 2014 — Myanmar
  • Jäger, 2008 — Thailand
  • Jäger, 2000 — Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Strand, 1907 — India
    • Heteropoda pedata magna Strand, 1909 — India
  • Jäger, 2014 — Bhutan
  • Simon, 1897 — India
  • Zhu & Tso, 2006 — China, Taiwan
  • (Pocock, 1897) — Moluccas
  • Thorell, 1887 — Myanmar
  • Simon, 1886 — Vietnam
  • (L. Koch, 1867) — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Davies, 1994 — Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
  • Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra, Java
  • Fage, 1924 — India
  • Karsch, 1879 — Colombia
  • Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Strand, 1907 — India
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
  • Järvi, 1914 — New Guinea
  • (L. Koch, 1865) — Australia
  • Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Jäger, 2008 — China
  • Jäger, 2005 — Thailand
  • Simon, 1885 — India, Malaysia
  • Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Jäger & Ono, 2000 — Laos, Ryukyu Islands
  • (Pocock, 1898) — Solomon Islands
  • Davies, 1994 — Northern Territory
  • (Pocock, 1897) — Moluccas
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda squamacea Wang, 1990 — China
  • Bayer & Jäger, 2009 — Laos
  • Jäger, 2002 — Sumatra
  • Strand, 1915 — Java
  • Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • (Leardi, 1902) — India
  • Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
    • Heteropoda submaculata torricelliana Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Strand, 1907 — India
  • Heteropoda subtilis Karsch, 1891 — Sri Lanka
  • Heteropoda sumatrana Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
    • Heteropoda sumatrana javacola Strand, 1907 — Java
  • Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
  • Thorell, 1897 — China to Sumatra
  • Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Jäger, 2008 — Bali
  • Heteropoda umbrata Karsch, 1891 — Sri Lanka
  • (Simon, 1874) — Greece to Israel
  • Strand, 1907 — India
  • Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767) — Pantropical
    • Heteropoda venatoria emarginata Thorell, 1881 — Sumatra
    • Heteropoda venatoria foveolata Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Yule Islands
    • Heteropoda venatoria pseudomarginata Strand, 1909 — Java
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Davies, 1994 — New South Wales
  • Strand, 1907 — India
  • Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Airamé, S. and P. Sierwald. (2000). Hunting and feeding behavior of one Heteropoda species in lowland rainforest on Borneo (Aranae, Sparassidae). Journal of Arachnology 28(2), 251-53.
  2. ^ Jager, P. and H. Ono. (2000). Sparassidae of Japan. I. New species of Olios, Heteropoda, and Sinopoda, with notes on some known species (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparassinae and Heteropodinae). Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Acta Arachnologica 49(1), 41-60.
  3. ^ Ross, J., et al. (1982). The life cycle of Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus) (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Psyche 89, 297-306.
  4. ^ Iaeger, P. (2001). A new species of Heteropoda (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from Laos, the largest huntsman spider? Zoosystema 23(3), 461-66.
  5. ^ Jäger, P. (2005). A 'swimming' Heteropoda species from Borneo (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae). Journal of Arachnology 33(3), 715-18.
  6. ^ Eusemann, P. and P. Jäger. (2006). Heteropoda schwendingeri Jäger 2005 (Araneae: Sparassidae) – first description of female with notes on intraspecific variation and evidences supporting species status. Zootaxa 1325, 327-34.
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