Neosparassus

Neosparassus
	Neosparassus sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Neosparassus; Hogg, 1903
Type species
	Neosparassus diana;
Species
	19, see text

Neosparassus is a genus of huntsman spiders first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1903. Members of this genus most closely resemble those of Heteropoda, except that the cephalothorax is high, peaking between the midpoint and the eyes, before sloping toward the back. This angle causes the front of these spiders to appear more prominent than it actually is.^[2]

Species

As of March 2019^[update] it contains the following species:^[1]

Neosparassus calligaster (Thorell, 1870) — Australia
Neosparassus conspicuus (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland
Neosparassus diana (L. Koch, 1875) — Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania
Neosparassus festivus (L. Koch, 1875) — New South Wales
Neosparassus grapsus (Walckenaer, 1837) — Australia
Neosparassus haemorrhoidalis (L. Koch, 1875) — New South Wales
Neosparassus incomtus (L. Koch, 1875) — New South Wales
Neosparassus inframaculatus (Hogg, 1896) — Central Australia
Neosparassus macilentus (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland, Victoria
Neosparassus magareyi Hogg, 1903 — Australia
Neosparassus nitellinus (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland
Neosparassus pallidus (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland
Neosparassus patellatus (Karsch, 1878) — Tasmania
Neosparassus pictus (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland
Neosparassus praeclarus (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland
Neosparassus punctatus (L. Koch, 1865) — Australia
Neosparassus rutilus (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland
Neosparassus salacius (L. Koch, 1875) — Queensland, New South Wales
Neosparassus thoracicus Hogg, 1903 — Northern Australia

References

^ ^a ^b "Sparassidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
^ Hogg, H. R. (1903). "On the Australasian spiders of the subfamily Sparassinae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72: 414–466.

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[NMBE-1] "Sparassidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-13.

[2] Hogg, H. R. (1903). "On the Australasian spiders of the subfamily Sparassinae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 72: 414–466.

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