Isopedella Explained

Isopedella is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by D. B. Hirst in 1990.^[1]

Species

it contains eighteen species, all from Australia except for Isopedella terangana, found on the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia:^[2]

• Isopedella ambathala Hirst, 1993 – Australia (Queensland, South Australia)
• Isopedella cana (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia)
• Isopedella castanea Hirst, 1993 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Isopedella cerina Hirst, 1993 – Australia (Queensland)
• Isopedella cerussata (Simon, 1908) – Australia
• Isopedella conspersa (L. Koch, 1875) – Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory)
• Isopedella flavida (L. Koch, 1875) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Isopedella frenchi (Hogg, 1903) – Australia (Victoria, South Australia)
• Isopedella gibsandi Hirst, 1993 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Isopedella inola (Strand, 1913) – Australia
• Isopedella leai (Hogg, 1903) – Australia (South Australia)
• Isopedella maculosa Hirst, 1993 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Isopedella meraukensis (Chrysanthus, 1965) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory)
• Isopedella pessleri (Thorell, 1870) (type) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
• Isopedella saundersi (Hogg, 1903) – Australia
• Isopedella terangana (Strand, 1911) – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
• Isopedella tindalei Hirst, 1993 – Australia
• Isopedella victorialis Hirst, 1993 – Australia (Victoria)

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

Notes and References

1. Hirst. D. B.. 1990. A review of the genus Isopeda L. Koch (Heteropodidae: Araneae) in Australasia with descriptions of two new genera. Records of the South Australian Museum. 11–26. 24. 1.
2. Gen. Isopedella Hirst, 1990. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.