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

Heteropoda tetrica Thorell, 1897

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028980

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Described:

Distribution: China to Indonesia (Sumatra)

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Type Repository Provide information

Paralectotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) 1m 2f (A0002308) -
Lectotype: Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), Copenhagen = Zoological Museum of Natural History, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC/ZMK), Denmark m -
Paralectotype: Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD), Copenhagen = Zoological Museum of Natural History, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC/ZMK), Denmark 1f -

Taxonomic References

Heteropoda tetrica Thorell, 1897b: 33 (Dmf) Original description

Heteropoda tetrica Jäger, 2001b: 22, f. 16a-g, 83b (mf)

Heteropoda tetrica Jäger, 2005a: 99, f. 46-49 (m)

Heteropoda tetrica Eusemann & Jäger, 2009: 502, f. 1a-g, 2a-j, 3a-g (mf)

Heteropoda tetrica Korai & Wang, 2023a: 40, f. 7A-E, 8A-D, 12A-G (mf)

Heteropoda tetrica Korai & Jäger, 2025a: 8, f. 5C-D, F, H (mf)

References

Eusemann, P. & Jäger, P. (2009). Heteropoda tetrica Thorell, 1897 - variation and biogeography, with emphasis on copulatory organs (Araneae: Sparassidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 499-516. doi: 10.5169/seals-786980 -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. (2001b). Diversität der Riesenkrabbenspinnen im Himalaya -- die Radiation zweier Gattungen in den Schneetropen (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 232: 1-136. -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. (2005a). New large-sized cave-dwelling Heteropoda species from Asia, with notes on their relationships (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 112(1): 87-114. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.80288 -- Show included taxa

Korai, S. K. & Wang, K. (2023a). Six Heteropoda spiders (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, China. Plant Protection 7(1): 33-53. doi: 10.33804/pp.007.01.4452 -- 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

Thorell, T. (1897b). Araneae paucae Asiae australis. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 22(IV, 6): 1-36. -- 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
2023-05-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Korai & Wang, 2023a