Creugas gulosus Thorell, 1878
Description
Body colouration dark reddish brown. Prosoma with dense and fine granulation.
Body length male: 7.5-8.0 mmBody length female: 7.5-8.0 mm
Additional information
This species is not native to Europe (alien species). It originates from the tropics/subtropics but it is unknown from where (cryptogenic species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once but could not establish so far.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Saaristo 2002)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Baert et al. 2023)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Baert et al. 2023)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Saaristo 2002)
Epigyne
(Sherwood & Sharp 2023)
Epigyne
(Baert et al. 2023)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Saaristo 2002)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Saaristo 2002)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Saaristo 2002)
Distribution List
References
Baert L, Maelfait J-P, Desender K, Hendrickx F, Dekoninck W, Berthet M, Bouckaert K, Caudron J, Leclercq M (2023) Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1-188 
Bosselaers J, Urones C, Barrientos J A, Alberdi J M (2009) On the Mediterranean species of Trachelinae (Araneae, Corinnidae) with a revision of Trachelas L. Koch 1872 on the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Arachnology 37: 15-38
Pickard-Cambridge O (1911a) Arachnida. In: Additions to the wild fauna and flora of the Royal Botanical Gardens: XII. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) 12: 370-373
Saaristo M I (2002) New species and interesting new records of spiders from Seychelles (Arachnida, Araneaea [sic]). Phelsuma 10(suppl. A): 1-31
Sherwood D, Sharp A (2023) Familiar face, new destination: first records of the invasive spider Creugas gulosus Thorell, 1878 on Ascension Island (Araneae: Corinnidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 43: 30-32
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2