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Genus: Eusparassus Simon, 1903 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Eusparassus fritschi (C. Koch, 1873)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046019

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Described:

Distribution: Morocco

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Syntype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Eusparassus fritschi (C. Koch, 1873), 2 f (4569-133); 1 j (f) (4570-133) -

Taxonomic References

Ocypete fritschi C. Koch, 1873: 114 (Df) Original description

Eusparassus fritschi Moradmand, 2013: 36, f. 20a-c, 21a-e, 49c-d, 61c-d (removed f from S of E. oraniensis, Dm)

Eusparassus fritschi Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 145, f. 89I-N (mf)

References

Koch, C. (1873). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden Nord-Afrikas, insbesondere einiger in dieser Richtung bisher noch unbekannt gebliebenen Gebiete des Atlas und der Küsten-Länder von Marocco. Berichte der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 1873: 104-118. -- Show included taxa

Lecigne, S., Moutaouakil, S. & Lips, J. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184. -- Show included taxa

Moradmand, M. (2013). The stone huntsman spider genus Eusparassus (Araneae: Sparassidae): systematics and zoogeography with revision of the African and Arabian species. Zootaxa 3675: 1-108. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3675.1.1 -- Show included taxa

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025