Barylestis variatus (Pocock, 1900)
Description
Additional information
introduced from Africa, not established
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jäger 2002b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jäger 2002b)
Epigyne
(van Helsdingen 2019)
Epigyne
(Browning 1954)
Epigyne
(Jäger 2002b)
Epigyne
(Sherwood 2025)
Epigyne
(Sherwood 2025)
Epigyne
(Sherwood 2025)
Epigyne
(Sherwood 2025)
Vulva
(Jäger 2002b)
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
Browning E (1954) The accidental importation of three species of Torania into Great Britain, with observations on live specimens (Araneae: Sparassidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 124: 213-217, 1pl 
Forsyth M (1962) Spiders introduced with fruit to N. Ireland during 1961. Irish Naturalists Journal 14: 63
Helsdingen P J van (2019) Faunistiek en dynamiek in de spinnenwereld [Faunistics and dynamics in the spider world]. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 38: 41-43
Jäger P (2002b) Heteropodinae: transfers and synonymies (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica 51: 33-61
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Machač O (2017) Record of a tropical sparassid from Hranice na Moravě. Pavouk 42: 7
Schmidt G (1959) Bestimmungstabelle für die aus Westafrika mit Bananen eingeschleppten Spinnen. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Zoologie 46: 99-105
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
Zamani A, Koponen S (2025) First Nordic record of Pandava laminata (Araneae: Titanoecidae), with a synopsis of anthropochorous species of spiders in Finland. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 69: 5-9