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Genus: Heteropoda Latreille, 1804 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Heteropoda borneensis (Thorell, 1890)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029401

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Described:

Distribution: Malaysia (peninsula), Singapore, Borneo (Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia)

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Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy 1m (without palps) 1j - (Jäger, 2002b)
Lectotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f - (Jäger, 2002b)

Taxonomic References

Urgulania borneensis Thorell, 1890c: 143 (Dmf) Original description

Panaretus borneensis Simon, 1897a: 54

Heteropoda borneensis Jäger, 2002b: 42 (T from Panaretus)

Heteropoda borneensis Jäger & Koh, 2024: 3, f. 1-7, 9-10, 12-40 (mf)

References

Jäger, P. (2002b). Heteropodinae: transfers and synonymies (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica 51(1): 33-61. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.51.33 -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. & Koh, J. K. H. (2024). On some Heteropoda species from Southeast Asia with new data on their biology and distribution range and the resurrection of a new species group (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Naturais 19(3, e2024-1041): 1-44. doi: 10.46357/bcnaturais.v19i3.1041 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-192. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1890c). Diagnoses aranearum aliquot novarum in Indo-Malesia inventarum. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 30: 132-172. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2025-01-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Jäger & Koh, 2024
2025-01-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Jäger, 2002b
2025-01-05	Species distribution update	Jäger & Koh, 2024	Old value