Species notes
About Heteropoda venatoria
Heteropoda venatoria (also recorded as Huntsman Spider) is an accepted species in the family Sparassidae, within the order Araneae. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from China, China (Hainan), China, Japan, Guam, Hawaii, India (Andaman Is.), India (Nicobar Is.), Indonesia (Sumatra), and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java). Spiders are arachnids rather than insects: adults have eight legs, no antennae and a body divided into two main regions.
- Common name
- Huntsman Spider
- Family
- Sparassidae
- Order
- Araneae
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- China, China (Hainan), China, Japan, Guam, Hawaii, India (Andaman Is.), India (Nicobar Is.), Indonesia (Sumatra), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java)
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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