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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
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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.

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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