Biology:Isopeda

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Isopeda
Huntsman spider discarding its old exoskeleton 1.jpg
Isopeda villosa discarding its old exoskeleton
Isopeda vasta.jpg
I. vasta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Isopeda
L. Koch, 1875[1]
Type species
I. vasta
(L. Koch, 1867)
Species

19, see text

Isopeda is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.[2]

Species

(As of September 2022) it contains nineteen species and one subspecies, found in Papua New Guinea, Australia , the Philippines , and on New Caledonia:[1]

  • Isopeda alpina Hirst, 1992Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Isopeda binnaburra Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Isopeda brachyseta Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Isopeda canberrana Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Isopeda catmona Barrion & Litsinger, 1995Philippines
  • Isopeda deianira (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
  • Isopeda echuca Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Isopeda girraween Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Isopeda leishmanni Hogg, 1903 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria)
    • Isopeda l. hoggi Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Isopeda magna Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
  • Isopeda montana Hogg, 1903 – Australia (South Australia, Victoria)
  • Isopeda neocaledonica Berland, 1924New Caledonia
  • Isopeda parnabyi Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Isopeda prolata Hirst, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Isopeda queenslandensis Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Isopeda subalpina Hirst, 1992 – Australia (Victoria)
  • Isopeda vasta (L. Koch, 1867) (type) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Isopeda villosa L. Koch, 1875 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • Isopeda woodwardi Hogg, 1903 – Australia (South Australia)

In synonymy:

  • I. conspersula Strand, 1913 = Isopeda vasta (L. Koch, 1867)
  • I. pengellya Hogg, 1903 = Isopeda leishmanni Hogg, 1903

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Isopeda L. Koch, 1875". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3118. Retrieved 2019-11-08. 
  2. Koch, L. (1875). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 577–740. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3021146 entry