Genus of spiders
The eye arrangement of spiders in the genus Heteropoda Heteropoda 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] 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] H. venatoria has also been known to eat scorpions and bats .[ 3]
The largest species in the genus, H. maxima [ 4]
Species
As of August 2022, there were 189 species in the genus, after series of revisions.[ 5] [ 6]
Heteropoda acuta Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda aemulans Bayer & Jäger, 2009 — LaosHeteropoda afghana Roewer, 1962 — Afghanistan, Pakistan, IndiaHeteropoda alta Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda altithorax Strand, 1907 — IndiaHeteropoda altmannae Jäger, 2008 — VietnamHeteropoda amphora Fox, 1936 — China, Hong KongHeteropoda analis Thorell, 1881 — New GuineaHeteropoda armillata (Thorell, 1887) — Myanmar, SumatraHeteropoda atollicola Pocock, 1904 — Maldive IslandsHeteropoda atriventris Chrysanthus , 1965Heteropoda badiella Roewer, 1951 — MoluccasHeteropoda bellendenker Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda belua Jäger, 2005 — BorneoHeteropoda beroni Jäger, 2005 — SulawesiHeteropoda bhaikakai Patel & Patel, 1973 — IndiaHeteropoda binnaburra Davies, 1994 — Queensland, New South WalesHeteropoda boiei (Doleschall, 1859) — Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, JavaHeteropoda bonthainensis Merian, 1911 — SulawesiHeteropoda borneensis (Thorell, 1890) — BorneoHeteropoda boutani (Simon, 1906) — VietnamHeteropoda bulburin Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda camelia Strand, 1914 — ColombiaHeteropoda cavernicola Davies, 1994 — Western AustraliaHeteropoda cece Jäger, 2014 — BorneoHeteropoda cervina (L. Koch, 1875) — QueenslandHeteropoda chelata (Strand, 1911) — New Guinea
Heteropoda chelata vittichelis (Strand, 1911) — New GuineaHeteropoda chengbuensis Wang, 1990 — ChinaHeteropoda christae Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia, Singapore, SumatraHeteropoda conwayensis Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda cooki Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda cooloola Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda crassa Simon, 1880 — JavaHeteropoda crediton Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda cyanichelis Strand, 1907 — JavaHeteropoda cyanognatha Thorell, 1881 — Yule IslandsHeteropoda cyperusiria Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — PhilippinesHeteropoda dagmarae Jäger & Vedel, 2005 — Laos, ThailandHeteropoda dasyurina (Hogg, 1914) — New GuineaHeteropoda davidbowie Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia, Singapore, SumatraHeteropoda debilis (L. Koch, 1875) — SamoaHeteropoda distincta Davies, 1994 — Queensland, New South WalesHeteropoda duan Jäger, 2008 — BorneoHeteropoda duo Jäger, 2008 — BorneoHeteropoda elatana Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands, Kei IslandsHeteropoda eluta Karsch, 1891 — Sri LankaHeteropoda emarginativulva Strand, 1907 — IndiaHeteropoda ernstulrichi Jäger, 2008 — SumatraHeteropoda erythra Chrysanthus, 1965 — New GuineaHeteropoda eungella Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda fabrei Simon, 1885 — IndiaHeteropoda fischeri Jäger, 2005 — IndiaHeteropoda flavocephala Merian, 1911 — SulawesiHeteropoda furva Thorell, 1890 — MalaysiaHeteropoda garciai Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — PhilippinesHeteropoda gemella Simon, 1877 — PhilippinesHeteropoda goonaneman Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda gordonensis Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda gourae Monga, Sadana & Singh, 1988 — IndiaHeteropoda grooteeylandt Davies, 1994 — Northern TerritoryHeteropoda gyirongensis Hu & Li, 1987 — ChinaHeteropoda hampsoni Pocock, 1901 — IndiaHeteropoda helge Jäger, 2008 — ChinaHeteropoda hermitis (Hogg, 1914) — Western AustraliaHeteropoda hildebrandti Jäger, 2008 — Molucca IslandsHeteropoda hillerae Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda hippie Jäger, 2008 — SumatraHeteropoda hirsti Jäger, 2008 — New GuineaHeteropoda holoventris Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda homstu Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra, Java, BorneoHeteropoda hosei Pocock, 1897 — BorneoHeteropoda hupingensis Peng & Yin, 2001 — ChinaHeteropoda ignichelis (Simon, 1880) — VietnamHeteropoda imbecilla Thorell, 1892 — Malaysia, SumatraHeteropoda jacobii Strand, 1911 — New GuineaHeteropoda jaegerorum Jäger, 2008 — Singapore, SumatraHeteropoda jasminae Jäger, 2008 — VietnamHeteropoda javana (Simon, 1880) — Malaysia, Java, SumatraHeteropoda jiangxiensis Li, 1991 — ChinaHeteropoda jugulans (L. Koch, 1876) — QueenslandHeteropoda kabaenae Strand, 1911 — Bismarck ArchipelHeteropoda kalbarri Davies, 1994 — Western AustraliaHeteropoda kandiana Pocock, 1899 — India, Sri LankaHeteropoda kuekenthali Pocock, 1897 — MoluccasHeteropoda kuluensis Sethi & Tikader, 1988 — IndiaHeteropoda kusi Jäger, 2014 — BorneoHeteropoda laai Jäger, 2008 — Singapore, SumatraHeteropoda languida Simon, 1887 — MyanmarHeteropoda lashbrooki (Hogg, 1922) — VietnamHeteropoda lentula Pocock, 1901 — IndiaHeteropoda leprosa Simon, 1884 — India, Myanmar, MalaysiaHeteropoda leptoscelis Thorell, 1892 — SumatraHeteropoda lindbergi Roewer, 1962 — AfghanistanHeteropoda listeri Pocock, 1900 — Christmas IslandsHeteropoda loderstaedti Jäger, 2008 — Malaysia, SumatraHeteropoda longipes (L. Koch, 1875) — New South WalesHeteropoda lunula (Doleschall, 1857) — India to Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, BorneoHeteropoda luwuensis Merian, 1911 — SulawesiHeteropoda malitiosa Simon, 1906 — IndiaHeteropoda marillana Davies, 1994 — Western AustraliaHeteropoda martinae Jäger, 2008 — SumatraHeteropoda martusa Jäger, 2000 — SumatraHeteropoda maukin Jäger, 2014 — BorneoHeteropoda maxima Jäger, 2001 — LaosHeteropoda mecistopus Pocock, 1898 — Solomon IslandsHeteropoda mediocris Simon, 1880 — Java, New GuineaHeteropoda meriani Jäger, 2008 — SulawesiHeteropoda merkarensis Strand, 1907 — IndiaHeteropoda meticulosa Simon, 1880 — PeruHeteropoda minahassae Merian, 1911 — SulawesiHeteropoda mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1965 — New GuineaHeteropoda modiglianii Thorell, 1890 — JavaHeteropoda monroei Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda montana Thorell, 1890 — SumatraHeteropoda monteithi Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda mossman Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda murina (Pocock, 1897) — BorneoHeteropoda muscicapa Strand, 1911 — New GuineaHeteropoda nagarigoon Davies, 1994 — Queensland, New South WalesHeteropoda natans Jäger, 2005 — BorneoHeteropoda nebulosa Thorell, 1890 — MalaysiaHeteropoda nigriventer Pocock, 1897 — SulawesiHeteropoda nilgirina Pocock, 1901 — IndiaHeteropoda ninahagen Jäger, 2008 — MalaysiaHeteropoda nirounensis (Simon, 1903) — India, SumatraHeteropoda nobilis (L. Koch, 1875) — New Hebrides, Australia, PolynesiaHeteropoda novaguineensis Strand, 1911 — New GuineaHeteropoda nyalama Hu & Li, 1987 — ChinaHeteropoda obe Jäger, 2014 — SulawesiHeteropoda obtusa Thorell, 1890 — BorneoHeteropoda ocyalina (Simon, 1887) — Java, SumatraHeteropoda onoi Jäger, 2008 — VietnamHeteropoda opo Jäger, 2014 — MyanmarHeteropoda pakawini Jäger, 2008 — ThailandHeteropoda parva Jäger, 2000 — Malaysia, SumatraHeteropoda pedata Strand, 1907 — India
Heteropoda pedata magna Strand, 1909 — IndiaHeteropoda pekkai Jäger, 2014 — BhutanHeteropoda phasma Simon, 1897 — IndiaHeteropoda pingtungensis Zhu & Tso, 2006 — China, TaiwanHeteropoda planiceps (Pocock, 1897) — MoluccasHeteropoda plebeja Thorell, 1887 — MyanmarHeteropoda pressula Simon, 1886 — VietnamHeteropoda procera (L. Koch, 1867) — Queensland, New South WalesHeteropoda raveni Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda reinholdae Jäger, 2008 — SumatraHeteropoda renibulbis Davies, 1994 — Western Australia, Northern Territory, QueenslandHeteropoda richlingi Jäger, 2008 — Sumatra, JavaHeteropoda robusta Fage, 1924 — IndiaHeteropoda rosea Karsch, 1879 — ColombiaHeteropoda rubra Chrysanthus, 1965 — New GuineaHeteropoda rundle Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda ruricola Thorell, 1881 — New GuineaHeteropoda sarotoides Järvi, 1914 — New GuineaHeteropoda sartrix (L. Koch, 1865) — AustraliaHeteropoda schlaginhaufeni Strand, 1911 — New GuineaHeteropoda schwalbachorum Jäger, 2008 — ChinaHeteropoda schwendingeri Jäger, 2005 — ThailandHeteropoda sexpunctata Simon, 1885 — India, MalaysiaHeteropoda signata Thorell, 1890 — SumatraHeteropoda silvatica Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda simoneallmannae (Jäger, 2018) — Philippines (Palawan)Heteropoda simplex Jäger & Ono, 2000 — Laos, Ryukyu IslandsHeteropoda speciosus (Pocock, 1898) — Solomon IslandsHeteropoda spenceri Davies, 1994 — Northern TerritoryHeteropoda spinipes (Pocock, 1897) — MoluccasHeteropoda spurgeon Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda squamacea Wang, 1990 — ChinaHeteropoda steineri Bayer & Jäger, 2009 — LaosHeteropoda strandi Jäger, 2002 — SumatraHeteropoda strasseni Strand, 1915 — JavaHeteropoda striata Merian, 1911 — SulawesiHeteropoda striatipes (Leardi, 1902) — IndiaHeteropoda submaculata Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea
Heteropoda submaculata torricelliana Strand, 1911 — New GuineaHeteropoda subplebeia Strand, 1907 — IndiaHeteropoda subtilis Karsch, 1891 — Sri LankaHeteropoda sumatrana Thorell, 1890 — Sumatra
Heteropoda sumatrana javacola Strand, 1907 — JavaHeteropoda teranganica Strand, 1911 — Aru IslandsHeteropoda tetrica Thorell, 1897 — China to SumatraHeteropoda udolindenberg Jäger, 2008 — SumatraHeteropoda uexkuelli Jäger, 2008 — BaliHeteropoda umbrata Karsch, 1891 — Sri LankaHeteropoda variegata (Simon, 1874) — Greece to IsraelHeteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767) — Pantropical
Heteropoda venatoria emarginata Thorell, 1881 — SumatraHeteropoda venatoria foveolata Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Yule IslandsHeteropoda vespersa Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda warrumbungle Davies, 1994 — New South WalesHeteropoda willunga Davies, 1994 — QueenslandHeteropoda zuviele Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam
References
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