Heteropoda

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Kingdom Animalia Family Sparassidae Higher classification Huntsman spider Rank Genus		Suborder Araneomorphae Scientific name Heteropoda Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider

Lower classifications Huntsman spider, Giant huntsman spider, Heteropoda davidbowie

Giant spider heteropoda lunula

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, and H. variegata occurs in the Mediterranean.

Heteropoda Heteropoda jugulans Brisbane Huntsman

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

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.

Brown huntsman spider heteropoda venatoria molting 4x speed

Species

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

Heteropoda Giant Huntsman Spider Heteropoda maxima

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, 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, 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

Heteropoda Photos of spiders in the family Heteropodidae huntsmen and giant

Heteropoda FileHeteropoda venatoria 3jpg Wikimedia Commons

References

Heteropoda Wikipedia

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Giant spider heteropoda lunula

Contents

Brown huntsman spider heteropoda venatoria molting 4x speed

Species

References