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Sparassidae  Bertkau, 1872 / Barylestis  Simon, 1910   4 species

Barylestis scutatus (Pocock, 1903)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029601

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Description
Additional information

introduced from Africa, not established

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Cameroon
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jäger 2002b)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jäger 2002b)

species

female Epigyne
(Browning 1954)

species

female Epigyne
(Jäger 2002b)

species

female Vulva
(Jäger 2002b)

Distribution List
Finland   (Zamani & Koponen, 2025) ||| Northern Ireland   (Sherwood, 2025) ||| United Kingdom   (Browning, 1954) |||
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 pdf

Jäger P (2002b) Heteropodinae: transfers and synonymies (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica 51: 33-61 pdf

Sherwood D (2025) Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 121-160 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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 pdf

Updates
30-05-2025 Distribution insert Detail
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13-03-2019 Image insert
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