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

Heteropoda megalopis Thorell, 1891

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

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Described: j

Distribution: India (Nicobar Is.)

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoological Museum of Natural History, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC), Denmark Spariolenus megalopis Thorell, 1891; juv. -

Taxonomic References

Spariolenus megalopis Thorell, 1891: 77 (Dj) Original description

Spariolenus megalopis Jäger, 2002b: 58, f. 132-133 (j)

Heteropoda megalopis Jäger, 2014b: 164 (T from Spariolenus, nomen dubium)

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. (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

Thorell, T. (1891). Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(2): 1-149. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2014-07-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Jäger, 2002b
2014-07-07	Taxon is nomen dubium	Jäger, 2014b	Heteropoda megalopis (Thorell, 1891) declared a nomen dubium
2014-07-07	Species transferred to new genus	Jäger, 2014b	Species transferred from Spariolenus to Heteropoda