Belongs within: Sparassidae.
Heteropoda is a diverse genus of huntsman spiders found primarily in Asia and Australia, with a single cosmopolitan species H. venatoria.
Characters (from Jäger & Kunz 2005): Chelicerae with three anterior teeth, four posterior teeth, anterior and posterior teeth of similar size, cheliceral furrow with substantial number of denticles; male embolus running in flat semicircle with distal part resting in sheath-like conductor; female vulva with coils restricted to central part.
<==Heteropoda Latreille 1804J08 (see below for synonymy) |--*H. venatoria (Linnaeus 1767)JK05 (see below for synonymy) |--H. acuta Davies 1994D94 |--H. alta Davies 1994D94 |--H. altmannae Jäger 2008J08 |--H. amphora Fox 1936J08 |--H. atriventris Chrysanthus 1965J08 |--H. bellendenker Davies 1994D94 |--H. belua Jäger 2005J08 |--H. binnaburra Davies 1994D94 |--H. boiei (Doleschall 1859) (see below for synonymy)J08 |--H. bulburin Davies 1994D94 |--H. cavernicola Davies 1994D94 |--H. cervina (Koch 1875) [=Sarotes cervinus; incl. H. keyserlingi Hoog 1902]D94 |--‘Panaretus’ chelatus Strand 1910 [incl. P. c. var. vittichelis Strand 1910]S10 |--H. christae Jäger 2008J08 |--H. conwayensis Davies 1994D94 |--H. cooki Davies 1994D94 |--H. cooloola Davies 1994J08 |--H. crediton Davies 1994J08 |--H. dagmarae Jäger & Vedel 2005J08 |--H. davidbowie Jäger 2008J08 |--H. distincta Davies 1994J08 |--H. duan Jäger 2008J08 |--H. eluta Karsch 1892K92 |--H. emarginata [=Aranea emarginata]C01 |--H. ernstulrichi Jäger 2008J08 |--H. erythra Chrysanthus 1965J08 |--H. eungella Davies 1994D94 |--H. fischeri Jäger 2005J08 |--H. forcipataS94 |--H. goonaneman Davies 1994J08 |--H. gordonensis Davies 1994D94 |--H. graaflandi Strand 1907J98 |--H. grooteeylandt Davies 1994D94 |--H. helge Jäger 2008J08 |--H. hermitis (Hogg 1914) [=Olios hermitis]D94 |--H. hildebrandti Jäger 2008J08 |--H. hillerae Davies 1994J08 |--H. hippie Jäger 2008J08 |--H. hirsti Jäger 2008J08 |--H. holoventris Davies 1994D94 |--H. holzi Strand 1907J98 |--H. homstu Jäger 2008J08 |--H. ignichelis (Simon 1880) [=Panaretus ignichelis]J08 |--H. jacobii Strand 1910S10 |--H. jaegerorum Jäger 2008J08 |--H. jasminae Jäger 2008J08 |--H. javana (Simon 1880) [=Panaretus javanus]J08 |--H. jugulans (Koch 1876) [=Sarotes jugulans]J08 |--H. kalbarri Davies 1994D94 |--H. laai Jäger 2008J08 |--H. laurae Jäger 2008J08 |--H. listeri Pocock 1900FT08 |--H. loderstaedti Jäger 2008J08 |--H. longipes (Koch 1875) [=Sarotes longipes]D94 |--H. marillana Davies 1994D94 |--H. martinae Jäger 2008J08 |--H. martusa Jäger 2000J08 |--H. maxima Jäger 2001J08 |--H. mecistopus Pocock 1898J08 |--H. meriani Jäger 2008 [=H. venatoria montana Merian 1911 non H. sumatrana var. montana Thorell 1890]J08 |--H. mindiptanensis Chrysanthus 1965J08 |--H. monroei Davies 1994D94 |--H. montana Thorell 1890 [=H. sumatrana var. montana]J08 |--H. monteithi Davies 1994J08 |--H. mossman Davies 1994D94 |--H. muscicapa Strand 1910S10 |--H. nagarigoon Davies 1994D94 |--H. ninahagen Jäger 2008J08 |--H. nobilis [=Sarotes nobilis; incl. S. suspiciosus, Heteropoda suspiciosa]D94 |--H. novaguineensis Strand 1910S10 |--H. onoi Jäger 2008J08 |--H. pakawini Jäger 2008J08 |--H. panaretiformis Strand 1906J98 |--H. parva Jäger 2000J08 |--H. pingtungensis Zhu & Tso 2006J08 |--H. planiceps (Pocock 1897)J08 |--H. procera (Koch 1867) [=Ocypete procera, Sarotes procerus]D94 |--H. raveni Davies 1994D94 |--H. regalis (Roewer 1938) [=Pandercetes regalis]J08 |--H. reinholdae Jäger 2008J08 |--H. renibulbis Davies 1994D94 |--H. richlingi Jäger 2008J08 |--H. robusta Fage 1924J08 |--H. rubraD94 |--H. rundle Davies 1994J08 |--H. sarotoidesD94 |--H. sartrix (Koch 1865)D94 |--H. schlaginhaufeni Strand 1910S10 |--H. schwalbachorum Jäger 2008J08 |--H. silvatica Davies 1994J08 |--‘Sarotes’ similaris Rainbow 1898M72 |--H. spenceri Davies 1994D94 |--H. spurgeon Davies 1994D94 |--H. squamacea Wang 1990 [incl. H. bifurcata Wang et al. 2002]J08 |--H. submaculata [incl. H. submaculata var. torricelliana Strand 1910]S10 |--H. subtilis Karsch 1892K92 |--H. sumatrana Thorell 1890J08 |--H. tetrica Thorell 1897J08 |--H. thoracica (Koch 1845) [incl. Isopeda beccarii malangana Strand 1907]J98 |--H. udolindenberg Jäger 2008J08 |--H. uexkuelli Jäger 2008J08 |--H. umbrata Karsch 1892K92 |--H. variegata (Simon 1874)JK05 [=*Ethilla variegataD94] |--H. vespersa Davies 1994D94 |--H. warrumbungle Davies 1994D94 |--H. willunga Davies 1994J08 `--H. zuviele Jäger 2008J08
Heteropoda Latreille 1804J08 [incl. Adrastis Simon 1880J08, Ethilla Simon 1874D94, Ocypete Koch 1836 non Leach 1814D94, Panaretidius Simon 1906J08, Panaretus Simon 1880J08, Parhedrus Simon 1887J08, Sarotes Sundevall 1833D94, Torania Simon 1886J08]
Heteropoda boiei (Doleschall 1859) [=Sparassus boiei, Parhedrus boiei; incl. Adrastis atomaria Simon 1880, Heteropoda flavimana Simon 1880]J08
*Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus 1767)JK05 [=Aranea venatoriaR13; incl. Olios leucosius Walckenaer 1837D94, Sparassus pallens Fabricius 1794J99, Ocypete pallensJ99, Aranea regia Fabricius 1793R13, Heteropoda regiaR13, *Sarotes regiusD94, Micrommata setulosa Perty 1833D94, *Ocypete setulosaD94]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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