Pseudosparianthis

Pseudosparianthis Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Pseudosparianthis Simon, 1887[1]
Type species
P. fusca Simon, 1887
Species
8, see text

Pseudosparianthis is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.[2]

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains eight species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, and French Guiana:[1]

• Pseudosparianthis accentuata Caporiacco, 1955 – Venezuela
• Pseudosparianthis ambigua Caporiacco, 1938 – Guatemala
• Pseudosparianthis chickeringi (Gertsch, 1941) – Panama
• Pseudosparianthis fusca Simon, 1887 (type) – Brazil
• Pseudosparianthis jayuyae Petrunkevitch, 1930 – Puerto Rico
• Pseudosparianthis megalopalpa Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana
• Pseudosparianthis picta Simon, 1887 – Brazil, Guyana
• Pseudosparianthis ravida Simon, 1898 – St. Vincent

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Pseudosparianthis Simon, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Simon, E. (1887). "Espèces et genres nouveaux de la famille des Sparassidae". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 12: 466–474.