''Isopeda'' is a

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of huntsman spiders that was first described by

Ludwig Carl Christian Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medic ...

in 1875.

Species

it contains nineteen species and one subspecies, found in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

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, the

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, and on

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: *'' Isopeda alpina'' Hirst, 1992 –

(

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) *'' Isopeda binnaburra'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (

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) *'' Isopeda brachyseta'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales) *'' Isopeda canberrana'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' Isopeda catmona'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –

*'' Isopeda deianira'' ( Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea *'' Isopeda echuca'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' Isopeda girraween'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Isopeda leishmanni'' Hogg, 1903 – Australia (

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

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, Victoria) **'' Isopeda l. hoggi''

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, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Isopeda magna'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) *'' Isopeda montana'' Hogg, 1903 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria) *'' Isopeda neocaledonica''

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, 1924 –

*'' Isopeda parnabyi'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) *'' Isopeda prolata'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' Isopeda queenslandensis'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) *'' Isopeda subalpina'' Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Victoria) *'' Isopeda vasta'' (L. Koch, 1867) ( type) – Australia (Queensland) *''

Isopeda villosa ''Isopeda villosa'' is a species of huntsman spider native to New South Wales, Australia, and established in Auckland, New Zealand. It was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November ...

'' L. Koch, 1875 – Australia (New South Wales) *'' Isopeda woodwardi'' Hogg, 1903 – Australia (South Australia) In synonymy: *''I. conspersula'' Strand, 1913 = ''Isopeda vasta'' (L. Koch, 1867) *''I. pengellya'' Hogg, 1903 = ''Isopeda leishmanni'' Hogg, 1903

References

Araneomorphae genera Sparassidae Spiders of Oceania Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch {{Sparassidae-stub

Species

See also

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