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Theraphosidae  Thorell, 1869 / Phormictopus  Pocock, 1901   1 species

Phormictopus cancerides (Latreille, 1806)

Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe (Nentwig, 2015)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Caribbean to Brazil
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Distribution List
Belgium   (Van Keer, 2010) |||
References

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

Rudloff J-P (2008) Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Phormictopus Pocock, 1901 - einem Faunenelement der Großen Antillen (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arthropoda 15(4): 2-51 pdf

Schiapelli R D, Gerschman de Pikelin B S (1979) Las arañas de la subfamilia Theraphosinae (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 5: 287-300 pdf

Van Keer K (2010) An update on the verified reports of imported spiders (Araneae) from Belgium. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 25: 210-214 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

Updates
02-02-2024 Image insert
23-11-2023 Distribution insert Detail