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Sparassidae  Bertkau, 1872 / Barylestis  Simon, 1910   4 species

Barylestis occidentalis (Simon, 1887)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029599

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Description
Additional information

only once introduced from Africa, not established

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Sudan, DR Congo, Uganda
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Jäger 2002b)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Jäger 2002b)

species

female Epigyne
(Jäger 2002b)

species

female Vulva
(Jäger 2002b)

Distribution List
Finland   (Zamani & Koponen, 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

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
02-12-2024 Distribution update Detail
13-03-2019 Image insert
13-03-2019 Distribution update Detail