Tall Huntsman Spider Heteropoda procera (L. Koch, 1867)
Fauna Portal species: 8998
Heteropoda procera male, dorsal (HBI N35273-1; Dandabah camping area, Bunya Mountains National Park, Queensland)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15074Diagnosis
(after Davies 1994): Medium to large; trapezoid area of venter pale without mottling; tegulum of male pedipalp almost as wide as long, tibial apophysis smooth, sender; anterior median septum of epigyne narrow, clearly evident.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1994): The huntsman spiders Heteropoda Latreille and Yiinthi gen. nov. (Araneae: Heteropodidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 75 - 122WEB