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Theraphosidae  Thorell, 1869 / Luphocemus  Denis, 1960   2 species

Luphocemus elongatus (Simon, 1873)

Description
Additional information

Figs belong in part to Luphocemus insidiosus (per Korba & Opatova, 2026)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Morocco
Figures
Distribution List
Morocco   (Zonstein, 2018; Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024) |||
References

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 pdf

Korba J, Opatova V (2026) Out of North Africa: evolution and biogeography of Afro-Arabian dwarf tarantulas (Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 218(108559): 1-17 pdf

Korba J, Opatova V, Calatayud-Mascarell A, Enguídanos A, Bellvert A, Adrián S, Sánchez-Vialas A, Arnedo M A (2022) Systematics and phylogeography of western Mediterranean tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196: 845-884 pdf

Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Zonstein S L (2018) Complementary data on the genus Ischnocolus (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 48: 105-118 pdf

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