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Trechaleidae   Simon, 1890 / Cupiennius  Simon, 1891   5 species

Cupiennius getazi Simon, 1891

Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe (Nentwig, 2015)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Distribution comment: Austria: in Essl & Rabitsch (2002) sub Cupiennius sp.
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Costa Rica, Panama
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Distribution List
Austria   (Nentwig, 2015; Essl & Rabitsch, 2002) ||| Belgium   (Van Keer, 2007) ||| Germany   (Lachmuth et al., 1985) ||| United Kingdom   (Sherwood, 2022a) |||
References

Barth F G, Cordes D (1998) Cupiennius remedius new species (Araneae, Ctenidae), and a key for the genus. Journal of Arachnology 26: 133-141 pdf

Essl F, Rabitsch W (2002) Neobiota in Österreich. Umweltbundesamt, Wien, 432 pp. pdf

Lachmuth U, Grasshoff M, Barth F G (1985) Taxonomische Revision der Gattung Cupiennius Simon 1891 (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 65: 329-372 pdf

Nentwig W (2015) Introduction, establishment rate, pathways and impact of spiders alien to Europe. Biological Invasions 17: 2757-2778 pdf

Sherwood D (2022a) On an adult female of Cupiennius getazi Simon, 1891 found in bananas in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom (Araneae: Trechaleidae). Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 155: 18 pdf

Van Keer K (2007) Exotic spiders (Araneae): verified reports from Belgium of imported species (1976-2006) and some notes on apparent neozoan invasive species. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 22: 45-54 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

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