Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 16.1 mm.
Body length male: 35.3 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 16.3 mm.
Body length female: 43.3 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Tibial apophysis, ventro-prolateral view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Tibial apophysis, lateral view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Habitus
(Bosselaers unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Spermathecae
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Decae unpubl.)
Sternum
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 
Bosselaers J (unpubl.)
Chatzaki M, Komnenov M (2019) Description of a new Chaetopelma (Araneae, Theraphosidae) species from Crete and a re-description of Macrothele cretica Kulczyński, 1903 (Araneae, Macrothelidae). Zootaxa 4544: 269-284
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Decae A (unpubl.)
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Guadanucci J P L, Gallon R C (2008) A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Zootaxa 1753: 34-48
Sherwood D (2025) Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 121-160
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2