Isopeda

Isopeda
Isopeda villosa discarding its old exoskeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Section:	Entelegynae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Isopeda L. Koch, 1875
Type species
Isopeda vasta L. Koch, 1867
Species
See text.
Diversity[1]
21 species

Isopeda is a genus of huntsman spiders occurring in Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and the Philippines.^[1] The genus was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.^[1]

Species

According to The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5:^[1]

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

References

1. Platnick, Norman I. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Sparassidae". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001. Retrieved 21 April 2012.