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

Heteropoda helge Jäger, 2008

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042113

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Described:

Distribution: China (Hainan)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China Heteropoda helge Jäger, 2008; m -
Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China Heteropoda helge Jäger, 2008; 2f -
Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Heteropoda helge Jäger, 2008, 1 f (59029-133); 1 m (59030-133); 1 m, 3 f (59031-133) -

Taxonomic References

Heteropoda helge Jäger, 2008d: 245, f. 22-53 (Dmf) Original description

Heteropoda helge Korai & Jäger, 2025a: 7, f. 4A-B, G, J (mf)

References

Jäger, P. (2008d). 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: 239-310. -- Show included taxa

Korai, S. K. & Jäger, P. (2025a). First molecular phylogeny of species of the genus Heteropoda (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae): implications for taxonomy. Insect Systematics and Diversity 9(4, 4): 1-14. doi: 10.1093/isd/ixaf010 [[N.B.: this is an electronic journal and an evidence for a Zoobank registration is missing, see ICZN Article 8.5.3; therefore the two described species are not valid.]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Korai & Jäger, 2025a