Beregama cordata

Fact Box Species: Beregama cordata (Identification of this species is as described in the notes below) Family: Sparassidae formerly Heteropodidae Body length: female: 30 mm male: 27 mm Habitat: On or under leaves and loose bark in eucalypt forests Toxicity: Little is known of the toxicity of this spider so it should be handled with caution though it probably is not very aggressive towards humans

Another view

This spider was identified primarily from the contents of the following paper: Hirst, D.B. (1990) "A review of the genus Isopeda L. Koch (Heteropodidae: Araneae) in Records of thee South Australian Museum, 24, pages 11-26. It has a similar appearance to a number of Australian huntsman species, especially Neosparassus species, but there is no black patch on the underside of the abdomen as seen on members of the genus Neosparassus. The Beregama cordata specimen shown on this page was found in North Queensland but the range of this species extends down into NSW.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Beregama aurea and some other yellow-brown sparassids, most of which probably will be Neosparassus species.