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Theraphosidae  Thorell, 1869 / Euathlus  Ausserer, 1875   1 species

Euathlus truculentus L. Koch, 1875

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001997

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Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe.

Determination to species level not possible without dissecting preserved specimen (Sherwood, in litt.)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Chile, Argentina. Introduced to the Netherlands
Figures
species

male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Montenegro & Aguilera 2024)

species

male Tibial apophysis leg I, prolateral view
(Montenegro & Aguilera 2024)

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female Spermathecae, dorsal view
(Montenegro & Aguilera 2024)

Distribution List
Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2026a; Noordijk et al., 2023) |||
References

Helsdingen P J van (2026a) "Exotic spiders" (Araneae) orange or green on the map, that is the question. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 46: 22-35 pdf

Montenegro Vargas R, Aguilera M A (2024) Tarántulas chilenas de la subfamilia Theraphosinae (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae): una revisión a nivel de género. Revista Chilena de Entomología 50: 329-352 pdf

Noordijk J, Vierbergen G, Bink J (2023) Eerste vondsten van de kogelspin Steatoda paykulliana in Nederland (Araneae: Theridiidae) [First records of the cobweb spider Steatoda paykulliana in the Netherlands (Araneae: Theridiidae)]. Entomologische Berichten 83: 26-28 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
15-06-2026 Distribution update Detail
15-06-2026 Datasheet update Detail
12-06-2026 Image insert
12-06-2026 Distribution insert Detail