Chaetopelma olivaceum (C. L. Koch, 1841)
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 16.1 mm.
Body length male: 35.3 mmFemale
Prosoma length: 16.3 mm.
Body length female: 43.3 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Tibial apophysis, ventro-prolateral view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Tibial apophysis, lateral view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Habitus
(Bosselaers unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Spermathecae
(Chatzaki & Komnenov 2019)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Decae unpubl.)
Sternum
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Guadanucci & Gallon 2008)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 
Bosselaers J (unpubl.)
Chatzaki M, Komnenov M (2019) Description of a new Chaetopelma (Araneae, Theraphosidae) species from Crete and a re-description of Macrothele cretica Kulczyński, 1903 (Araneae, Macrothelidae). Zootaxa 4544: 269-284
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Decae A (unpubl.)
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Guadanucci J P L, Gallon R C (2008) A revision of the spider genera Chaetopelma Ausserer 1871 and Nesiergus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae). Zootaxa 1753: 34-48
Sherwood D (2025) Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 121-160
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2