Sparianthina

Sparianthina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Sparianthina Banks, 1929[1]
Type species
S. selenopoides Banks, 1929
Species
11, see text

Sparianthina is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Nathan Banks in 1929.[2]

Species

As of November 2021^[update] it contains eleven species, found in Central America, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela, and on Trinidad and Tobago:[1]

• Sparianthina adisi Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009 – Venezuela
• Sparianthina boyaca (Rheims, 2021) – Colombia
• Sparianthina deltshevi Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009 – Venezuela
• Sparianthina gaita Rheims, 2011 – Venezuela
• Sparianthina milleri (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
• Sparianthina parang Rheims, 2011 – Trinidad and Tobago
• Sparianthina pumilla (Keyserling, 1880) – Colombia
• Sparianthina rufescens (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Guyana
• Sparianthina saaristoi Jäger, Rheims & Labarque, 2009 – Venezuela
• Sparianthina selenopoides Banks, 1929 (type) – Costa Rica, Panama
• Sparianthina soca (Rheims, 2021) – Trinidad and Tobago

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Sparianthina Banks, 1929". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Banks, N. (1929). "Spiders from Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 69: 53–96.