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Theraphosidae  Thorell, 1869 / Stromatopelma  Karsch, 1881   2 species

Stromatopelma batesi (Pocock, 1902)

Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Cameroon, DR Congo
Figures
Distribution List
United Kingdom   (Sherwood, 2025) |||
References

Sherwood D (2025) Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 121-160 pdf

Smith A M (1990) Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 142 pp. 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
27-05-2025 Image insert
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29-03-2025 Distribution insert Detail