Isopeda is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.[2]
| Isopeda | |
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| Isopeda villosa discarding its old exoskeleton | |
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| I. vasta | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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)
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19, see text | |
Species edit
As of September 2022[update] it contains nineteen species and one subspecies, found in Papua New Guinea, Australia, the Philippines, and on New Caledonia:[1]
- Isopeda alpina Hirst, 1992 – Australia (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, 1995 – Philippines
- 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, 1924 – New 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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Isopeda L. Koch, 1875". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
- ^ Koch, L. (1875). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 577–740.