Heteropoda

Banana spider Heteropoda venatoria, copyright Vaikoovery.

Belongs within: Sparassidae.

Heteropoda is a diverse genus of huntsman spiders found primarily in Asia and Australia, with a single cosmopolitan species H. venatoria.

Characters (from Jäger & Kunz 2005): Chelicerae with three anterior teeth, four posterior teeth, anterior and posterior teeth of similar size, cheliceral furrow with substantial number of denticles; male embolus running in flat semicircle with distal part resting in sheath-like conductor; female vulva with coils restricted to central part.

<==Heteropoda Latreille 1804 (see below for synonymy) J08
    |--*H. venatoria (Linnaeus 1767) JK05 [=Aranea venatoria R13; incl. A. regia Fab. 1793 R13, Heteropoda regia R13]
    |--H. altmannae Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. amphora Fox 1936 J08
    |--H. atriventris Chrysanthus 1965 J08
    |--H. belua Jäger 2005 J08
    |--H. boiei (Doleschall 1859) (see below for synonymy) J08
    |--‘Panaretus’ chelatus Strand 1910 [incl. P. c. var. vittichelis Strand 1910] S10
    |--H. christae Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. cooloola Davies 1994 J08
    |--H. crediton Davies 1994 J08
    |--H. dagmarae Jäger & Vedel 2005 J08
    |--H. davidbowie Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. distincta Davies 1994 J08
    |--H. duan Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. eluta Karsch 1892 K92
    |--H. ernstulrichi Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. erythra Chrysanthus 1965 J08
    |--H. fischeri Jäger 2005 J08
    |--H. goonaneman Davies 1994 J08
    |--H. graaflandi Strand 1907 J98
    |--H. helge Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. hermitis (Hogg 1914) T13
    |--H. hildebrandti Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. hillerae Davies 1994 J08
    |--H. hippie Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. hirsti Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. holzi Strand 1907 J98
    |--H. homstu Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. ignichelis (Simon 1880) [=Panaretus ignichelis] J08
    |--H. jacobii Strand 1910 S10
    |--H. jaegerorum Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. jasminae Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. javana (Simon 1880) [=Panaretus javanus] J08
    |--H. jugulans (Koch 1876) [=Sarotes jugulans] J08
    |--H. keyserlingi S10
    |--H. laai Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. laurae Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. listeri Pocock 1900 FT08
    |--H. loderstaedti Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. martinae Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. martusa Jäger 2000 J08
    |--H. maxima Jäger 2001 J08
    |--H. mecistopus Pocock 1898 J08
    |--H. meriani Jäger 2008 [=H. venatoria montana Merian 1911 non H. sumatrana var. montana Thorell 1890] J08
    |--H. mindiptanensis Chrysanthus 1965 J08
    |--H. montana Thorell 1890 [=H. sumatrana var. montana] J08
    |--H. monteithi Davies 1994 J08
    |--H. muscicapa Strand 1910 S10
    |--H. ninahagen Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. novaguineensis Strand 1910 S10
    |--H. onoi Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. pakawini Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. panaretiformis Strand 1906 J98
    |--H. parva Jäger 2000 J08
    |--H. pingtungensis Zhu & Tso 2006 J08
    |--H. planiceps (Pocock 1897) J08
    |--H. regalis (Roewer 1938) [=Pandercetes regalis] J08
    |--H. reinholdae Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. richlingi Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. robusta Fage 1924 J08
    |--H. rundle Davies 1994 J08
    |--H. schlaginhaufeni Strand 1910 S10
    |--H. schwalbachorum Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. silvatica Davies 1994 J08
    |--H. squamacea Wang 1990 [incl. H. bifurcata Wang et al. 2002] J08
    |--H. submaculata [incl. H. submaculata var. torricelliana Strand 1910] S10
    |--H. subtilis Karsch 1892 K92
    |--H. sumatrana Thorell 1890 J08
    |--H. tetrica Thorell 1897 J08
    |--H. thoracica (Koch 1845) [incl. Isopeda beccarii malangana Strand 1907] J98
    |--H. udolindenberg Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. uexkuelli Jäger 2008 J08
    |--H. umbrata Karsch 1892 K92
    |--H. variegata (Simon 1874) JK05
    |--H. willunga Davies 1994 J08
    `--H. zuviele Jäger 2008 J08

Heteropoda Latreille 1804 [incl. Adrastis Simon 1880, Panaretidius Simon 1906, Panaretus Simon 1880, Parhedrus Simon 1887, Torania Simon 1886] J08

Heteropoda boiei (Doleschall 1859) [=Sparassus boiei, Parhedrus boiei; incl. Adrastis atomaria Simon 1880, Heteropoda flavimana Simon 1880] J08

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[FT08] Framenau, V. W., & M. L. Thomas. 2008. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): identification and distribution. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25 (1): 45–85.

[J98] Jäger, P. 1998. Das Typenmaterial der Spinnentiere (Arachnida: Acari, Amblypygi, Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones, Scorpiones, Uropygi) aus dem Museum Wiesbaden. Jahrbuecher des Nassauischen Vereins fuer Naturkunde 119: 81–91.

[J08] Jäger, P. 2008. Revision of the huntsman spider genus Heteropoda Latreille 1804: species with exceptional male palpal conformations from southeast Asia and Australia (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88 (2): 239–310.

[JK05] Jäger, P., & D. Kunz. 2005. An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85 (2): 163–213.

[K92] Karsch, F. 1892. Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 36 (2): 267–310.

[R13] Rainbow, W. J. 1913. Arachnida from the Solomon Islands. Records of the Australian Museum 10 (1): 1–16.

[S10] Strand, E. 1910. Spinnentiere aus Neuguinea (Opiliones, Psechridae und Clubionidae) gesammelt von Dr. Schlaginhaufen. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königl. Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 13 (5): 1–16.

[T13] Taylor, C. K. 2013. Annotated bibliography for Barrow Island terrestrial invertebrates. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 135–144.