Heteropoda

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]

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

197 accepted species; see text.

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]

  • Heteropoda acuta Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda aemulans Bayer & Jäger, 2009 — Laos
  • Heteropoda afghana Roewer, 1962 — Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
  • Heteropoda alta Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda altithorax Strand, 1907 — India
  • Heteropoda altmannae Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam
  • Heteropoda amphora Fox, 1936 — China, Hong Kong
  • Heteropoda analis Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda armillata (Thorell, 1887) — Myanmar, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda atollicola Pocock, 1904 — Maldive Islands
  • Heteropoda atriventris Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda badiella Roewer, 1951 — Moluccas
  • Heteropoda bellendenker Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda belua Jäger, 2005 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda beroni Jäger, 2005 — Sulawesi
  • Heteropoda bhaikakai Patel & Patel, 1973 — India
  • Heteropoda binnaburra Davies, 1994 — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Heteropoda boiei (Doleschall, 1859) — Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java
  • Heteropoda bonthainensis Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Heteropoda borneensis (Thorell, 1890) — Borneo
  • Heteropoda boutani (Simon, 1906) — Vietnam
  • Heteropoda bulburin Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda camelia Strand, 1914 — Colombia
  • Heteropoda cavernicola Davies, 1994 — Western Australia
  • Heteropoda cece Jäger, 2014 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda cervina (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland
  • Heteropoda chelata (Strand, 1911) — New Guinea
    • Heteropoda chelata vittichelis (Strand, 1911) — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda chengbuensis Wang, 1990 — China
  • Heteropoda christae Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda conwayensis Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda cooki Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda cooloola Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda crassa Simon, 1880 — Java
  • Heteropoda crediton Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda cyanichelis Strand, 1907 — Java
  • Heteropoda cyanognatha Thorell, 1881 — Yule Islands
  • Heteropoda cyperusiria Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Heteropoda dagmarae Jäger & Vedel, 2005 — Laos, Thailand
  • Heteropoda dasyurina (Hogg, 1914) — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda davidbowie Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda debilis (L. Koch, 1875) — Samoa
  • Heteropoda distincta Davies, 1994 — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Heteropoda duan Jäger, 2008 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda duo Jäger, 2008 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda elatana Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands, Kei Islands
  • Heteropoda eluta Karsch, 1891 — Sri Lanka
  • Heteropoda emarginativulva Strand, 1907 — India
  • Heteropoda ernstulrichi Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda erythra Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda eungella Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda fabrei Simon, 1885 — India
  • Heteropoda fischeri Jäger, 2005 — India
  • Heteropoda flavocephala Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Heteropoda furva Thorell, 1890 — Malaysia
  • Heteropoda garciai Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Heteropoda gemella Simon, 1877 — Philippines
  • Heteropoda goonaneman Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda gordonensis Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda gourae Monga, Sadana & Singh, 1988 — India
  • Heteropoda graaflandi Strand, 1907 — Java
  • Heteropoda grooteeylandt Davies, 1994 — Northern Territory
  • Heteropoda gyirongensis Hu & Li, 1987 — China
  • Heteropoda hampsoni Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Heteropoda helge Jäger, 2008 — China
  • Heteropoda hermitis (Hogg, 1914) — Western Australia
  • Heteropoda hildebrandti Jäger, 2008 — Molucca Islands
  • Heteropoda hillerae Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda hippie Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda hirsti Jäger, 2008 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda holoventris Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda homstu Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra, Java, Borneo
  • Heteropoda hosei Pocock, 1897 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda hupingensis Peng & Yin, 2001 — China
  • Heteropoda ignichelis (Simon, 1880) — Vietnam
  • Heteropoda imbecilla Thorell, 1892 — Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda jacobii Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda jaegerorum Jäger, 2008 — Singapore, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda jasminae Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam
  • Heteropoda javana (Simon, 1880) — Malaysia, Java, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda jiangxiensis Li, 1991 — China
  • Heteropoda jugulans (L. Koch, 1876) — Queensland
  • Heteropoda kabaenae Strand, 1911 — Bismarck Archipel
  • Heteropoda kalbarri Davies, 1994 — Western Australia
  • Heteropoda kandiana Pocock, 1899 — India, Sri Lanka
  • Heteropoda kuekenthali Pocock, 1897 — Moluccas
  • Heteropoda kuluensis Sethi & Tikader, 1988 — India
  • Heteropoda kusi Jäger, 2014 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda laai Jäger, 2008 — Singapore, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda languida Simon, 1887 — Myanmar
  • Heteropoda lashbrooki (Hogg, 1922) — Vietnam
  • Heteropoda lentula Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Heteropoda leprosa Simon, 1884 — India, Myanmar, Malaysia
  • Heteropoda leptoscelis Thorell, 1892 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda lindbergi Roewer, 1962 — Afghanistan
  • Heteropoda listeri Pocock, 1900 — Christmas Islands
  • Heteropoda loderstaedti Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda longipes (L. Koch, 1875) — New South Wales
  • Heteropoda lunula (Doleschall, 1857) — India to Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, Borneo
  • Heteropoda luwuensis Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Heteropoda malitiosa Simon, 1906 — India
  • Heteropoda marillana Davies, 1994 — Western Australia
  • Heteropoda martinae Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda martusa Jäger, 2000 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda maukin Jäger, 2014 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda maxima Jäger, 2001 — Laos
  • Heteropoda mecistopus Pocock, 1898 — Solomon Islands
  • Heteropoda mediocris Simon, 1880 — Java, New Guinea
  • Heteropoda meriani Jäger, 2008 — Sulawesi
  • Heteropoda merkarensis Strand, 1907 — India
  • Heteropoda meticulosa Simon, 1880 — Peru
  • Heteropoda minahassae Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Heteropoda mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda modiglianii Thorell, 1890 — Java
  • Heteropoda monroei Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda montana Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda monteithi Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda mossman Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda murina (Pocock, 1897) — Borneo
  • Heteropoda muscicapa Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda nagarigoon Davies, 1994 — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Heteropoda natans Jäger, 2005 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda nebulosa Thorell, 1890 — Malaysia
  • Heteropoda nigriventer Pocock, 1897 — Sulawesi
  • Heteropoda nilgirina Pocock, 1901 — India
  • Heteropoda ninahagen Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia
  • Heteropoda nirounensis (Simon, 1903) — India, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda nobilis (L. Koch, 1875) — New Hebrides, Australia, Polynesia
  • Heteropoda novaguineensis Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda nyalama Hu & Li, 1987 — China
  • Heteropoda obe Jäger, 2014 — Sulawesi
  • Heteropoda obtusa Thorell, 1890 — Borneo
  • Heteropoda ocyalina (Simon, 1887) — Java, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda onoi Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam
  • Heteropoda opo Jäger, 2014 — Myanmar
  • Heteropoda pakawini Jäger, 2008 — Thailand
  • Heteropoda parva Jäger, 2000 — Malaysia, Sumatra
  • Heteropoda pedata Strand, 1907 — India
    • Heteropoda pedata magna Strand, 1909 — India
  • Heteropoda pekkai Jäger, 2014 — Bhutan
  • Heteropoda phasma Simon, 1897 — India
  • Heteropoda pingtungensis Zhu & Tso, 2006 — China, Taiwan
  • Heteropoda planiceps (Pocock, 1897) — Moluccas
  • Heteropoda plebeja Thorell, 1887 — Myanmar
  • Heteropoda pressula Simon, 1886 — Vietnam
  • Heteropoda procera (L. Koch, 1867) — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Heteropoda raveni Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda reinholdae Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda renibulbis Davies, 1994 — Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
  • Heteropoda richlingi Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra, Java
  • Heteropoda robusta Fage, 1924 — India
  • Heteropoda rosea Karsch, 1879 — Colombia
  • Heteropoda rubra Chrysanthus, 1965 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda rufognatha Strand, 1907 — India
  • Heteropoda rundle Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda ruricola Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda sarotoides Järvi, 1914 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda sartrix (L. Koch, 1865) — Australia
  • Heteropoda schlaginhaufeni Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda schwalbachorum Jäger, 2008 — China
  • Heteropoda schwendingeri Jäger, 2005 — Thailand
  • Heteropoda sexpunctata Simon, 1885 — India, Malaysia
  • Heteropoda signata Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda silvatica Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000 — Laos, Ryukyu Islands
  • Heteropoda speciosus (Pocock, 1898) — Solomon Islands
  • Heteropoda spenceri Davies, 1994 — Northern Territory
  • Heteropoda spinipes (Pocock, 1897) — Moluccas
  • Heteropoda spurgeon Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda squamacea Wang, 1990 — China
  • Heteropoda steineri Bayer & Jäger, 2009 — Laos
  • Heteropoda strandi Jäger, 2002 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda strasseni Strand, 1915 — Java
  • Heteropoda striata Merian, 1911 — Sulawesi
  • Heteropoda striatipes (Leardi, 1902) — India
  • Heteropoda submaculata Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
    • Heteropoda submaculata torricelliana Strand, 1911 — New Guinea
  • Heteropoda subplebeia Strand, 1907 — India
  • Heteropoda subtilis Karsch, 1891 — Sri Lanka
  • Heteropoda sumatrana Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
    • Heteropoda sumatrana javacola Strand, 1907 — Java
  • Heteropoda teranganica Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
  • Heteropoda tetrica Thorell, 1897 — China to Sumatra
  • Heteropoda udolindenberg Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra
  • Heteropoda uexkuelli Jäger, 2008 — Bali
  • Heteropoda umbrata Karsch, 1891 — Sri Lanka
  • Heteropoda variegata (Simon, 1874) — Greece to Israel
  • Heteropoda veiliana 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
  • Heteropoda vespersa Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda warrumbungle Davies, 1994 — New South Wales
  • Heteropoda warthiana Strand, 1907 — India
  • Heteropoda willunga Davies, 1994 — Queensland
  • Heteropoda zuviele Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam

References

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