Micropoda

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Micropoda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Micropoda
Grall & Jäger, 2022 [1]
Type species
M. daviesae
Grall & Jäger, 2022
Species

2, see text

Micropoda is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae. [2]

Contents

Originally a monotypic genus, a second species was described in 2025. [3]

Distribution

Micropoda is endemic to Papua New Guinea. [2]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes two species: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Grall, E.; Jäger, P. (2022). "Four new genera of Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873 from Malaysia, Brunei and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Zootaxa. 5169: 1–25. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.1.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Micropoda Grall & Jäger, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  3. ↑ Hu, C. H.; Chen, J.; Liu, J. (2025). "New species of the monotypic genera Martensikara and Micropoda (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)". Acta Arachnologica Sinica. 34: 7–13. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2025.01.002.


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