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Theraphosidae  Thorell, 1869 / Cyriocosmus  Simon, 1903   1 species

Cyriocosmus elegans (Simon, 1889)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001954

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Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe (Nentwig, 2015)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Schiapelli & Gerschman 1973b)

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male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Schiapelli & Gerschman 1973b)

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male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Schiapelli & Gerschman 1973b)

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male Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Fukushima et al. 2005)

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male Prosoma, dorsal view
(Fukushima et al. 2005)

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male Eyes
(Schiapelli & Gerschman 1973b)

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male Tibial apophysis leg I
(Schiapelli & Gerschman 1973b)

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male Tibial apophysis leg I, ventral view
(Fukushima et al. 2005)

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male Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Fukushima et al. 2005)

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male Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Fukushima et al. 2005)

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male Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Fukushima et al. 2005)

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female Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Schiapelli & Gerschman 1973b)

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female Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Sherwood 2025)

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female Eyes
(Schiapelli & Gerschman 1973b)

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(Fukushima et al. 2005)

species

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(Fukushima et al. 2005)

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.

United Kingdom   (Wilson, 2012) |||
References

Fukushima C S, Bertani R, da Silva Jr. P I (2005) Revision of Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903, with notes on the genus Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zootaxa 846: 1-31 pdf

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

Schiapelli R D, Gerschman de Pikelin B S (1973b) Género Cyriocosmus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 32: 61-70 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

Wilson R (2012) An American jumper in Leeds, west Yorkshire and an update on non-native taxa recorded in the UK. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 123: 10-15 pdf

WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
02-05-2025 Image insert
31-01-2024 Image insert
23-11-2023 Distribution insert Detail