Taxon details


Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-05-02
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028988]
  • Distribution: Tropical Asia. Introduced to Pacific Is., North, Central and South America, Macaronesia, Europe, Africa
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; type material of Heteropoda venatoria chinesica Strand, 1907 destroyed 1944 (Renner, 1988b)
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Heteropoda nicki Strand, 1915, 1 f (4581-133)
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Heteropoda nicki quala Strand, 1915, 1 f (4582-133)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Sarotes peditatus Karsch, 1881, (3566)
  • Holotype: ; Aranea regia Fabricius, 1793 - type material probably lost or destroyed (Zimsen, 1964)
  • Holotype: ; Aranea pallens Fabricius, 1798 - type material probably lost or destroyed (Zimsen, 1964)
  • Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; Aranea venatoria Linnaeus, 1767, (not found);
  • Holotype: College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University (HNU), Changsha, China; Heteropoda shimen Yin et al., 2000; m
  • Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan; Heteropoda tokarensis Yaginuma, 1961; m
  • Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Wien/Vienna, Austria; Sarotes aulicus L. Koch, 1878; j
  • Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Wien/Vienna, Austria; Sarotes invictus L. Koch, 1878; 1f
  • Holotype: Plant Protection Station of Ganzhou Prefecture (PPSG), Jiangxi, China; Heteropoda hainanensis Li, 1991; m
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; Heteropoda venatoria maculipes Strand, 1907, (type material destroyed 1944); m
  • Holotype: Tianjin Natural History Museum (TNHM), Tianjin, China; Heteropoda hainanensis Li, 1991; f
  • Holotype: Western Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India (WRSP, WRC-ZSI), Poona/Pune, India; Heteropoda andamanensis Tikader, 1977; f
  • Holotype: Western Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India (WRSP, WRC-ZSI), Poona/Pune, India; Heteropoda nicobarensis Tikader, 1977; f
  • Holotype: Zoological Museum of Natural History, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC), Denmark; Helicopis maderiana Thorell, 1875, (253); f
  • Holotype: Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM), Munich, Germany; Ocypete thoracica C. L. Koch, 1845, (lost); m
  • Lectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; Palystes ledleyi Hogg, 1922, (1924.III.1.485-490); m
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; Olios freycineti Walckenaer, 1837; f
  • Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan; Heteropoda tokarensis Yaginuma, 1961; 2m, 3f, 1j
  • Paratype: Western Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India (WRSP, WRC-ZSI), Poona/Pune, India; Heteropoda andamanensis Tikader, 1977; 1m
  • Syntype: Zoological Museum of the Martin-Luther-University, Halle (Saale) (ZMUH), Germany (search of type material, 24.05.2019); 1m 1f (1553) of Ocypete bruneiceps [N.B.: in the orginal description are mentioned 6f and no m]
  • Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; Heteropoda venatoria pluridentata Hogg, 1914, (1921.3.24.111-112); 2f
  • Syntype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; Heteropoda venatoria japonica Strand, 1907, (type material destroyed 1944); m
  • Paralectotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; Palystes ledleyi Hogg, 1922, (1924.III.1.485-490, 1924.III.1.791-794, 1924.111.1.495, 1924.111.1.496); 7f, 3j
  • Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; Olios freycineti Walckenaer, 1837, (not found); f
Taxonomic references
Aranea venatoria Linnaeus, 1767: 1035 (D).
Aranea venatoria Fabricius, 1775: 439 (D).
Aranea venatoria Olivier, 1789: 230 (D).
Aranea regia Fabricius, 1793: 408 (D).
Aranea pallens Fabricius, 1798: 291 (D).
Heteropoda venatoria Latreille, 1804b: 135 (D).
Thomisus leucosius Walckenaer, 1805: 36, pl. 4, f. 33 (D).
Thomisus venatorius Latreille, 1806: 114 (D).
Micrommata setulosa Perty, 1833: 195, pl. 38, f. 13 (Dm).
Ocypete setulosa C. L. Koch, 1836a: 40, f. 195 (Dm).
Olios leucosius Walckenaer, 1837: 566 (Dmf).
Olios antillianus Walckenaer, 1837: 568 (Dm).
Olios freycineti Walckenaer, 1837: 569 (Df).
Olios colombianus Walckenaer, 1837: 571 (Df).
Ocypete pallens C. L. Koch, 1837a: 82, f. 304 (Dm).
Ocypete setulosa C. L. Koch, 1837b: 28, pl. 4, f. 49.
Olios setulosus Walckenaer, 1841: 474.
Ocypete thoracica C. L. Koch, 1845: 42, f. 982 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028981].
Ocypete murina C. L. Koch, 1845: 36, f. 978 (Df).
Ocypete draco C. L. Koch, 1845: 44, f. 983 (Df).
Olios albifrons Lucas, 1852: 76 (Df).
Olios javensis Doleschall, 1857: 428 (Df).
Olios gabonensis Lucas, 1858: 407 (Dmf).
Olios zonatus Doleschall, 1859: 54, pl. 14, f. 4 (Df).
Olios javensis Doleschall, 1859: pl. 13, f. 7 (f).
Olios lunula Doleschall, 1859: 54, pl. 6, f. 5, pl. 7, f. 5, pl. 9, f. 12 (m, misidentified).
Ocypete bruneiceps Giebel, 1863: 320 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055211].
Olios leucosius Vinson, 1863: 98, 304, pl. 2, f. 3 (f).
Ocypete pallens Giebel, 1863: 317 (Df).
Sparassus ammanita Dufour, 1863b: 9, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df).
Olios regius Gerstaecker, 1873: 482 (Dmf).
Sarotes regius L. Koch, 1875a: 675, pl. 56, f. 1-2 (mf).
Helicopis maderiana Thorell, 1875c: 123 (Df).
Heteropoda thoracica Thorell, 1878b: 24 (f).
Sarotes truncus McCook, 1878b: 147, f. 2C (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028984].
Sarotes venatorius McCook, 1878b: 144, f. 2, 2C, E (Dmf).
Heteropoda venatoria Thorell, 1878b: 191 (S of Ocypete bruneiceps).
Sarotes aulicus L. Koch, 1878c: 766, pl. 16, f. 31 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028843].
Sarotes invictus L. Koch, 1878c: 767, pl. 16, f. 32 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028895].
Heteropoda aulica Simon, 1880a: 270.
Palystes maderianus Simon, 1880a: 263.
Heteropoda invicta Simon, 1880a: 270.
Sarotes peditatus Karsch, 1881c: 38 (Df).
Olios maderianus Simon, 1883: 281, 309.
Heteropoda ferina Simon, 1887i: 102 (Dm).
Heteropoda regia Simon, 1897a: 54, f. 41.
Heteropoda venatoria Pocock, 1897c: 613, pl. 25, f. 18 (m).
Heteropoda ocellata Pocock, 1903b: 96 (Dm).
Heteropoda truncus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 275.
Heteropoda venatoria Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 273, pl. 6, f. 64, pl. 16, f. 453 (mf).
Heteropoda invicta Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 275, pl. 15, f. 437, pl. 16, f. 448 (f, Dm).
Heteropoda venatoria chinesica Strand, 1907b: 559 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028990].
Heteropoda venatoria japonica Strand, 1907b: 559 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028994].
Heteropoda venatoria maculipes Strand, 1907b: 559 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028996].
Heteropoda venatoria aulica Strand, 1909f: 6.
Heteropoda venatoria thoracica Merian, 1911: 255.
Heteropoda venatoria Järvi, 1912: 77, f. 61, pl. 8, f. 3-6 (f).
Heteropoda venatoria Järvi, 1914: 197.
Heteropoda venatoria pluridentata Hogg, 1914a: 57 (Df).
Heteropoda nicki Strand, 1915d: 246 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028931].
Heteropoda nicki quala Strand, 1915d: 247 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028932].
Palystes ledleyi Hogg, 1922: 296, f. 6 (Df).
Heteropoda venatoria Petrunkevitch, 1930b: 14, f. 8-11 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Gravely, 1931: 251, f. 9C, 10D (mf).
Heteropoda regia Berland, 1932b: 389, f. 558-560 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Nakatsudi, 1942a: 320, f. 41 (m).
Heteropoda venatoria Sekiguchi, 1943: 68, f. 1, 3-4 (f).
Heteropoda venatoria Nakatsudi, 1943a: 175, f. 22a-b (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Bücherl, 1959: 289, f. 1-13 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Yaginuma, 1960: 118, f. 98.1, 3 (mf).
Heteropoda tokarensis Yaginuma, 1961a: 84, f. G-L (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028983].
Heteropoda venatoria Chrysanthus, 1965a: 356, f. 29-33, 73 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Yaginuma, 1971: 118, f. 98.1, 3 (mf).
Heteropoda andamanensis Tikader, 1977a: 189, f. 16A-E (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028839].
Heteropoda nicobarensis Tikader, 1977a: 191, f. 17A-D (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028933].
Heteropoda venatoria Paik, 1978e: 398, f. 179.1-3 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Yin, Wang & Hu, 1983: 34, f. 5H (m).
Heteropoda venatoria Hu, 1984: 311, f. 328 (f).
Heteropoda tokarensis Yaginuma, 1986a: 200, f. 111.4 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Yaginuma, 1986a: 199, f. 111.1 (mf).
Heteropoda andamanensis Sethi & Tikader, 1988: 15, f. 40-45 (mf).
Heteropoda nicobarensis Sethi & Tikader, 1988: 28, f. 130-134 (f).
Heteropoda venatoria Hancock & Hancock, 1988: 18, f. 1-8 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Sethi & Tikader, 1988: 16, f. 52-57 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Chikuni, 1989b: 130, f. 1 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Feng, 1990: 175, f. 150.1-5 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Chen & Gao, 1990: 158, f. 202 (f).
Heteropoda squamacea Wang, 1990c: 8, f. 6-8 (f, misidentified).
Heteropoda hainanensis Li, 1991: 366, f. 1-4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028886].
Heteropoda venatoria Chen & Zhang, 1991: 262, f. 275.1-2 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Davies, 1994: 83, f. 2A, E, 4A-B, 5A-B (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Barrion & Litsinger, 1994: 290, f. 1452-1454 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Ledoux & Hallé, 1995: 8, f. 7A-F (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 276, f. 161a-f, 162a-f, 163a-f. 164a-d (mf).
Heteropoda ledleyi Croeser, 1996: 114 (Tf from Palystes).
Heteropoda minschana Peng, Yin & Kim, 1996a: 57, f. 1-4 (f, misidentified).
Heteropoda hainanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 467, f. 268O (m).
Heteropoda venatoria Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 468, f. 269C, I (mf).
Sinopoda pengi Song & Zhu, in Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 469, f. 270G-H (f, misidentified).
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 1999b: 21, f. 9-11 (m).
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger & Ono, 2000: 47, f. 18-19, 22-24 (m only, not f).
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 2000a: 53, f. 1-7 (mf).
Heteropoda shimen Yin et al., 2000b: 98, f. 4-6 (Dm).
Heteropoda venatoria Hu, 2001: 312, f. 184.1-2 (f; N.B.: probably a misidentified Pseudopoda, per Jäger & Yin, 2001: 127).
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger & Yin, 2001: 125 (S).
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 2001b: 19, f. 12g, 14a, 22l-m (m).
Heteropoda venatoria Namkung, 2002: 499, f. 40.3a-b (mf).
Sinopoda tokarensis Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 27, f. 43 (m).
Sinopoda venatoria Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 27, f. 41 (m, lapsus).
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 2002b: 51 (S).
Heteropoda venatoria Namkung, 2003: 502, f. 40.3a-b (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger & Kunz, 2005: 166, f. 48-53 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2005: 104, f. 1-7 (mf, misidentified per Jäger, 2014b: 148).
Heteropoda venatoria Ono, 2009a: 472, f. 16-19 (mf, S).
Heteropoda venatoria Marusik & Kuzminykh, 2010: 99, f. 6-10 (f).
Heteropoda venatoria Saaristo, 2010: 218, f. 32.9-10 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Taucare-Ríos & Brescovit, 2011: 39, f. 1-5 (f).
Heteropoda venatoria Yin et al., 2012: 1231, f. 659a-g, 3-13d-e (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Ramírez, 2014: 226, f. 154E (m).
Heteropoda venatoria Jäger, 2014b: 147, f. 1-25 (mf, S).
Heteropoda venatoria Sen et al., 2015: 57, f. 289-293, pl. 16 (f).
Heteropoda venatoria Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 86, 5 f. (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 45, f. 140-145, pl. 19 (m).
Heteropoda venatoria Zhang & Wang, 2017: 692, 5 f. (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Tyagi et al., 2019: Supplement, f. S2.63, S3.7-10 (mf).
Heteropoda venatoria Korai & Wang, 2023a: 44, f. 9A-E, 10A-D, 12E (mf).
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Koch, L. (1875a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 12-16]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 577-740, pl. 44-65. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P. A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum. Paris, tome 1, 302 pp. (Araneae, pp 82-127). download pdf -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P. A. (1804b). Tableau methodique des Insectes. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 24: 129-295. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Ledoux, J.-C. & Hallé, N. (1995). Araignées de l'île Rapa (îles Australes, Polynésie). Revue Arachnologique 11: 1-15. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Li, A. H. (1991). Two new species of spiders of the genus Heteropoda from China (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Acta Agriculturae Universitatis Jiangxiensis 13: 366-369. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae [= Stockholm], 533-1327 (Araneae, pp. 1030-1037). download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1852). Description de l'Olios albifrons. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (2) 10(Bull.): 76-78. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1858). Aptères. In: Thomson, J. (ed.) Voyage au Gabon. Archives Entomologiques de M. J. Thomson 2, 377-445, pl. 12-13. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.11206 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. & Kuzminykh, G. V. (2010). On two spider genera new to Russia (Aranei: Corinnidae, Sparassidae). Arthropoda Selecta 19(2): 97-100. doi:10.15298/arthsel.19.2.07 download pdf -- Show included taxa

McCook, H. C. (1878b). Note on the probable geographical distribution of a spider by the trade winds. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 30: 136-147. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Merian, P. (1911). Die Spinnenfauna von Celebes. Beiträge zur Tiergeographie im Indoaustralischen Archipel. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 31: 165-354. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Nakatsudi, K. (1942a). Arachnida from Izu-Sitito. Journal of Agricultural Science Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 1(4): 287-328, pl. 11-12. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Nakatsudi, K. (1943a). Some Arachnida from Micronesia. Journal of Agricultural Science Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 2: 147-180, pl. 12-14. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. [2001 in the book, but publ. in 2002 per Platnick] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2003). The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Olivier, G. A. (1789). Araignée, Aranea. In: Encyclopédie Méthodique, Histoire Naturelle, Insectes. Tome quatrième. Panckoucke, Paris, pp. 173-240. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.82248 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Ono, H. (2009a). The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, 739 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Paik, K. Y. (1978e). Araneae. Illustrated Fauna and Flora of Korea 21: 1-548. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peng, X. J., Yin, C. M. & Kim, J. P. (1996a). One species of the genus Heteropoda and a description of the female Heteropoda minshana Schenkel, 1936 (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Korean Arachnology 12(1): 57-61. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Perty, M. (1833). Arachnides Brasilienses. In: de Spix, J. B. & Martius, F. P. (eds.) Delectus animalium articulatorum quae in itinere per Braziliam ann. 1817 et 1820 colligerunt. Monachii [= München/Munich], pp. 191-209, pls. 38-39. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1930b). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part three. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 31: 1-191. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1897c). Spinnen (Araneae). In: Kükenthal, W. (ed.) Ergebnisse einer zoologische Forschungsreise in dem Molukken und Borneo. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23: 591-629. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1903b). On some genera and species of South-American Aviculariidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 11(61): 81-115. doi:10.1080/00222930308678729 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Ramírez, M. J. (2014). The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 390: 1-374. Link doi:10.1206/821.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. In: Gerlach, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sekiguchi, K. (1943). [Life history of Heteropoda venatoria Linnaeus]. Acta Arachnologica 8: 66-73. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sen, S., Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. World Scientific News 20: 1-339. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1880a). Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 34(2/3/4): 223-351. [issue 3 and 4 were published in 1881, but a complete seperate extract was available in 1880, see the last page of the pdf] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1883). Études arachnologiques. 14e Mémoire. XXI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique des îles de l'Océan Atlantique (Açores, Madère, Salvages, Canaries, Cap Vert, Sainte-Hélène et Bermudes). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 3: 259-314. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-192. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1909f). Süd- und ostasiatische Spinnen. II. Fam. Clubionidae. Fam. Salticidae. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Görlitz 26: 1-128. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1915d). Indoaustralische, papuanische und polynesische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums, gesammelt von Dr E. Wolf, Dr J. Elbert u. a. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Hanseatischen Südsee-Expedition 1909. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 36(2): 179-274, pl. 13-19. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1907b). Vorläufige Diagnosen süd- und ostasiatischer Clubioniden, Ageleniden, Pisauriden, Lycosiden, Oxyopiden und Salticiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 558-570. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Taucare-Ríos, A. O. & Brescovit, A. D. (2011). La araña cangrejo gigante Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus, 1767) (Araneae:Sparassidae:Heteropodinae) en Chile. Boletín de Biodiversidad de Chile 5: 39-44. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1878b). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 5-317. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1875c). Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 13(5): 1-204. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1977a). Studies on spider fauna of Andaman and Nicobar islands, Indian Ocean. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 72: 153-212. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tyagi, K., Kumar, V., Kundu, S., Pakrashi, A., Prasad, P., Caleb, J. T. D. & Chandra, K. (2019). Identification of Indian spiders through DNA barcoding: cryptic species and species complex. Scientific Reports 9(14033): 1-13 & Supplement. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-50510-8 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Vinson, A. (1863). Aranéides des îles de La Réunion, Maurice et Madagascar. Librairie Classique Eugène Belin, Paris, 337 pp., pl. 1-14. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.125517 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Dentu, Paris, 88 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. [plates in second pdf] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Tome deuxième. Roret, Paris, 549 pp., pl. 16-22. [not published in 1837, see pp. 430, 452, 505; plates in second pdf of Walckenaer, 1837] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wang, J. F. (1990c). Six new species of the spiders of the genus Heteropoda from China (Araneae: Heteropodidae). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 9(3): 7-11. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1961a). Spiders from the Tokara islands. Bulletin of the Osaka Museum of Natural History 13: 82-86. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1960). Spiders of Japan in colour. Hoikusha, Osaka, 186 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1971). Spiders of Japan in colour (enlarged and revised edition). Hoikusha, Osaka (for 1969), 197 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Wang, J. F. & Hu, Y. J. (1983). Essential types and the evolution of palpal organ of spiders. Journal of Hunan Teachers College (nat. Sci. Ed.) 1983: 31-46. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M. & Bao, Y. H. (2000b). Two new species of the family Heteropodidae from China (Arachnoidea: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica Sinica 9: 98-100. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 1590 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoo, J. C. & Kim, J. P. (2002a). Studies on basic pattern and evolution of male palpal organ (Arachnida: Araneae). Korean Arachnology 18: 13-31. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhang, Z. S. & Wang, L. Y. (2017). Chinese spiders illustrated. Chongqing University Press, 954 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

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2023-05-02 New taxonomic reference entry Korai & Wang, 2023a n/a
2019-10-05 New taxonomic reference entry Tyagi et al., 2019 n/a
2019-03-22 New taxonomic reference entry Zhang & Wang, 2017 n/a
2017-10-27 New taxonomic reference entry Baba & Tanikawa, 2015 n/a
2017-02-08 New taxonomic reference entry Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017 n/a
2015-12-10 New taxonomic reference entry Sen et al., 2015 n/a
2014-07-25 New taxonomic reference entry Ramírez, 2014 n/a
2014-07-07 Taxonomic reference update Jäger, 2014b n/a (Old value)
2014-07-07 New taxonomic reference entry Jäger, 2014b n/a
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda hainanensis synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda nicobarensis synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda andamanensis synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda tokarensis synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda nicki quala synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda nicki synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda venatoria maculipes synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda venatoria chinesica synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda venatoria japonica synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda truncus synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda aulica synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria
2014-07-07 Species synonymy Jäger, 2014b Heteropoda thoracica synonymized with Heteropoda venatoria