Heteropoda josephkohi Jäger, 2024 - Tiny White Fringe Huntsman

Taxonomy
Specimens & Photos

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
  - Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
    - Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
      - Order Araneae (Spiders)
        Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
        Family Sparassidae (Huntsman Spiders)
        Subfamily Heteropodinae
        Genus Heteropoda
        Heteropoda boiei (Giant Tree Trunk Huntsman)
        Heteropoda borneensis (Giant Orange Huntsman)
        Heteropoda bufocorniculans (Horned Toad Huntsman)
        Heteropoda christae (Christa’s Huntsman)
        Heteropoda davidbowie (David Bowie’s Huntsman)
        Heteropoda jaegerorum (Filial Piety Huntsman)
        Heteropoda josephkohi (Tiny White Fringe Huntsman)
        Heteropoda laai (Flecked Orange Huntsman)
        Heteropoda lunula (Leopard-spotted Huntsman Spider)
        Heteropoda natans
        Heteropoda singaporensis (Tiger-striped Dwarf Huntsman)
        Heteropoda strandi
        Heteropoda temburong
        Heteropoda tetrica (Black-jaw Huntsman)
        Heteropoda tutula (Slender Unicorn Huntsman Spider)
        Heteropoda venatoria (Domestic Huntsman Spider)
        Heteropoda sp. "Broad-banded Pale" (Broad-banded Pale Huntsman)
        Heteropoda sp. "Clouded Monitor" (Clouded Monitor Huntsman)
        Heteropoda sp. "Diffuse Line" (Diffused Line)
        Heteropoda sp. "False Black Jaw" (False Black Jaw Huntsman)
        "Heteropoda" sp. "Lined Carapace" (Lined Carapace Huntsman)
        Heteropoda sp. "Pale" (Pale Huntsman)
        Heteropoda sp. "Pale Christa" (Pale Christa Huntsman)
        Heteropoda sp. "Pale Horse-shoe" (Pale Horse-shoe Huntsman)
        Heteropoda sp. "Small Banded Legs" (Small Banded Legs Huntsman)
        Heteropoda sp. "Spiny" (Spiny Huntsman)

Type Depositories

Holotype
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany; ♂ (73034) (Jäger, 2024)
Paratype(s)
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany; 1♀ (73035) (Jäger, 2024)
Paratype(s)
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), National University of Singapore, Singapore; 2♂ 1♀ (also at SMF?: 73036-73037) (Jäger, 2024)

Taxonomic references

Heteropoda josephkohi (Original description ♂♀)
Jäger, 2024 Five new Heteropoda species from Southeast Asia (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae): 1105, f. 19-24, 26-33 doi:10.13156/arac.2024.19.8.1100

Paratype ♂

17 Mar 2012

Peradayan Forest Reserve, off Kampung Lakiun, Temburong

4°44'25"N, 115°9'42"E

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum

Catalog No: JK.12.03.17.0006

Paratype ♂

17 Apr 2007

Kampung Lakiun, Temburong

4°43'47"N, 115°8'26"E

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum

Catalog No: JK.07.04.17.0037

Etymology	Named after Joseph K H Koh (Singapore) for his contributions to Asian arachnology and to the Asian Society of Arachnology, and for his mentorship to budding arachnologists.
Type Locality	Kuala Belalong Field Study Centre, Temburong, Brunei.