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Genus: Stromatopelma Karsch, 1881 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Stromatopelma batesi (Pocock, 1902)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002474

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Described:

Distribution: Cameroon, DR Congo

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Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium (database excerpt, Feb. 2019) Scodra straeleni Roewer, 1953 (139239) -

Taxonomic References

Scodra batesii Pocock, 1902b: 315 (Dm) Original description

Scodra straeleni Roewer, 1953b: 68, f. 25A-E (Df; juvenile per Charpentier, 1996b: 6) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054109]

Stromatopelma batesi Smith, 1990c: 58, f. 263-271 (m)

Stromatopelma batesi Charpentier, 1996b: 6, f. 1a (S of Scodra straeleni)

Stromatopelma batesi Peters, 1998: 109, f. 293-294 (m)

Stromatopelma batesi Schmidt, 2003l: 218, f. 664 (m)

Stromatopelma batesi Sherwood, 2025b: 146, f. 16E-F (m)

References

Charpentier, P. (1996b). The palm tree spiders of the genus Stromatopelma. Exothermae Magazine 1: 3-20. -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (1998). Tarantulas of the world: Afrika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 122 pp. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1902b). Some new African spiders. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 10(58): 315-330. doi: 10.1080/00222930208678678 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1953b). Araneae-Orthognatha (Arachnoidae). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 22: 1-80. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2025b). Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 121-160. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.1.10 -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1990c). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing London, 142 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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
2025-03-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2025b