Heteropoda Maukin

''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,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. and ''H. variegata'' occurs in the Mediterranean.

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.Ross, J., et al. (1982)
The life cycle of ''Heteropoda venatoria'' (Linnaeus) (Araneae: Heteropodidae).
''Psyche'' 89, 297-306.

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.

Species

As of August 2022, there were 189 species in the genus, after series of revisions.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.

* '' 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 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 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 simoneallmannae'' (Jäger, 2018) — Philippines (Palawan)
* '' 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 venatoria'' (Linnaeus, 1767) — Pantropical
** ''Heteropoda venatoria emarginata'' Thorell, 1881 — Sumatra
** ''Heteropoda venatoria foveolata'' Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Yule Islands
* '' Heteropoda vespersa'' Davies, 1994 — Queensland
* '' Heteropoda warrumbungle'' Davies, 1994 — New South Wales
* '' Heteropoda willunga'' Davies, 1994 — Queensland
* '' Heteropoda zuviele'' Jäger, 2008 — Vietnam

References

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Sparassidae
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders