Heteropoda languida Simon, 1887

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028905

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Described:

Distribution: Myanmar, China

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  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (1719-8588) - (Jäger, 2014b)
Taxonomic References
Heteropoda languida Simon, 1887i: 102 (Df) Original description
Heteropoda languida Sethi & Tikader, 1988: 21, f. 87-91 (f)
Heteropoda languida Jäger, 2014b: 159, f. 48-50 (f)
Heteropoda languida Korai & Wang, 2023b: 2, f. 1A-E, 2A-C, 3A-D, 4A-D (Dmf)
Heteropoda cf. languida Korai & Jäger, 2025a: 7, f. 4E-F, I, L (mf)
References

Jäger, P. (2014b). Heteropoda Latreille, 1804: new species, synonymies, transfers and records (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Arthropoda Selecta 23(2): 145-188. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.23.2.06 -- Show included taxa

Korai, S. K. & Wang, K. (2023b). Newly discovered male of Heteropoda languida Simon, 1887 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Yunnan, China. University of Sindh Journal of Animal Sciences 7(3): 1-10. doi: 10.57038/usjas.v7i03.6501 -- 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

Sethi, V. D. & Tikader, B. K. (1988). Studies on some giant crab spiders of the family Heteropodidae from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publications, Occasional Paper 93: 1-94. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1887i). Etude sur les arachnides de l'Asie méridionale faisant partie des collections de l'Indian Museum (Calcutta). I. Arachnides recueillis à Tavoy (Tenasserim) par Moti Ram. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, part II (Natural History) 56(1): 101-117. -- 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 Comment
2025-07-14 New taxonomic reference entry Korai & Jäger, 2025a
2023-11-08 New taxonomic reference entry Korai & Wang, 2023b
2023-11-08 Species distribution update Korai & Wang, 2023b Old value
2023-11-08 First description of male Korai & Wang, 2023b Old value
2014-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Jäger, 2014b

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