Olios sericeus (Kroneberg, 1875)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:029319

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Described:

Distribution: Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Afghanistan, China


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  • Syntype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia 3m 3f 4j (Ta 1359, 1363) - (Jäger & Otto, 2007)
Taxonomic References
Sparassus sericeus Kroneberg, 1875: 28, pl. 3, f. 19 (Dmf) Original description
Olios sericeus Simon, 1880a: 298
Olios sericeus Jäger & Otto, 2007: 20, f. 1-16 (mf)
Olios sericeus Tabrizi, Rad & Hedayati, 2015: 338, f. 1-4 (m)
Olios sericeus Moradmand, Mirshamsi & Hula, 2015: 78, f. 1A-E, 2A-C (mf)
Olios sericeus Khasayeva & Huseynov, 2019: 359, f. 9-10 (m)
Olios sericeus Nadolny & Yemets, 2024: 11, f. 1A-G, 2A-S (mf)
Olios sericeus Hu, Zhang & Zhong, 2025: 7, f. 2A-E, 3A-B, 4A-D (mf)
References

Hu, C. H., Zhang, H. & Zhong, Y. (2025). New data on the huntsman spiders (Araneae, Sparassidae) of China. Biodiversity Data Journal 13(e153724): 1-15. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e153724 -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. & Otto, S. (2007). New records of Olios sericeus (Kroneberg 1875) with notes on its taxonomy and biogeography (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparassinae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 14: 19-24. -- Show included taxa

Khasayeva, S. I. & Huseynov, E. F. (2019). New records of spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) from Azerbaijan. Euroasian Entomological Journal 18(5): 357-361. doi: 10.15298/euroasentj.18.5.09 -- Show included taxa

Kroneberg, A. (1875). Araneae. In: Fedtschenko, A. P. (ed.) Puteshestvie v Tourkestan. Reisen in Turkestan. Zoologischer Theil. Nachrichten der Gesellschaft der Freunde der Naturwissenschaften zu Moskau 19(3): 1-58, pl. 1-5. [[includes 3 maps by Fedtschenko]] -- Show included taxa

Moradmand, M., Mirshamsi, O. & Hula, V. (2015). New records of the huntsman spider genus Olios (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Zoology in the Middle East 61(1): 76-80. doi: 10.1080/09397140.2014.985505 -- Show included taxa

Nadolny, A. A. & Yemets, M. D. (2024). Identification of synanthropic huntsman spider findings (Aranei, Sparassidae) with notes on the species composition in Crimea. Biodiversity and Sustainable Development 9(2): 11-16. doi: 10.21072/eco.2024.09.2.02 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1880a). Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 34(2/3/4): 223-351. [[issue 3 and 4 were published in 1881, but a complete seperate extract was available in 1880, see the last page of the pdf]] -- Show included taxa

Tabrizi, S. S., Rad, S. P. & Hedayati, Z. (2015). A new record for the spider fauna of Iran: Olios sericeus (Araneae: Sparassidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 39: 338-339. doi: 10.3906/zoo-1401-59 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-04-11 New taxonomic reference entry Hu, Zhang & Zhong, 2025
2025-04-11 Species distribution update Hu, Zhang & Zhong, 2025 Old value
2024-11-27 New taxonomic reference entry Nadolny & Yemets, 2024
2024-11-27 Species distribution update Nadolny & Yemets, 2024 Old value
2021-03-01 Species distribution update Old value
2020-01-23 Species distribution update Mikhailov, 2013b Old value
2020-01-23 New taxonomic reference entry Khasayeva & Huseynov, 2019
2020-01-23 Species distribution update Khasayeva & Huseynov, 2019 Old value
2015-09-21 New taxonomic reference entry Moradmand, Mirshamsi & Hula, 2015
2015-09-21 Species distribution update Moradmand, Mirshamsi & Hula, 2015 Old value
2015-04-16 New taxonomic reference entry Tabrizi, Rad & Hedayati, 2015
2015-04-16 Species distribution update Tabrizi, Rad & Hedayati, 2015 Old value

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