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Selenopidae  Simon, 1897 / Selenops  Latreille, 1819   4 species

Selenops mexicanus Keyserling, 1880

Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe (Nentwig, 2015)

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): USA to Colombia, Galapagos
Figures
Distribution List
Germany   (Schmidt, 1971) |||
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 pdf

Crews S C (2011) A revision of the spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Arachnida, Araneae, Selenopidae) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ZooKeys 105: 1-182 pdf

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

Schmidt G (1971) Mit Bananen eingeschleppte Spinnen. Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 17: 387-433 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
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