Filial Piety Huntsman
This species is similar in appearance to H. tetrica and H. venatoria, but mature males can easily be distinguished by a large, laterally protruding process on the tegulum. The spider was named in honour of the parents of Dr Peter Jäger, an expert on huntsman spiders.
| Length | ♀ 10–16 mm; ♂ 11–12 mm. |
| Habitat | Among vegetation in the forests. |
| Type Locality | Bengkalis, Riau, Indonesia. |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Riau), Singapore. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; Heteropoda jaegerorum Jäger, 2008; ♂
Paratype(s)
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Heteropoda jaegerorum Jäger, 2008, 1 ♂ (59018-133); 1 ♂ (59043-133)
Paratype(s)
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), National University of Singapore, Singapore; Heteropoda jaegerorum Jäger, 2008, (03.11.07.016); 1♂
Paratype(s)
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; Heteropoda jaegerorum Jäger, 2008; 4♀
Paratype(s)
Übersee-Museum (ÜMB), Bremen, Germany; Heteropoda jaegerorum Jäger, 2008; 2♀
Heteropoda jaegerorum (Original description ♂♀)
Jäger, 2008d Revision of the huntsman spider genus Heteropoda Latreille 1804: species with exceptional male palpal conformations from Southeast Asia and Australia (Arachnida, Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae): 299, f. 369-382
Paratype ♂
7 Nov 2003
CCNR, MacRitchie Reservoir, Petaling Trail, Singapore
1°21'20"N, 103°48'27"E
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
Catalog No: JK.03.11.07.0010
Paratype ♂
8 Aug 1990
CCNR, Upper Peirce Reservior, expanded forest path, Singapore
Naturmuseum Senckenberg
Catalog No: JK.90.08.08.0002
Indonesia (Riau), Singapore.