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Genus: Meri Rheims & Jäger, 2022 | Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872

Meri martinique Rheims & Jäger, 2022

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054162

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Distribution: Guadelupe, Dominica, Martinique. Introduced to Britain

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Holotype: Instituto Butantan, São Paulo (IBSP), Brazil m (271305) - (Rheims & Jäger, 2022)
Paratype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA 2f - (Rheims & Jäger, 2022)

Taxonomic References

Meri martinique Rheims & Jäger, 2022: 51, f. 196-201, 203-207 (Dmf) Original description

Olios sp. Sherwood, 2025b: 143, f. 15A-C, E (f; here sensu Sherwood, 2026: 272)

References

Rheims, C. A. & Jäger, P. (2022). Revalidation of the genus Sadala Simon, 1880 with the description of a new genus of Neotropical huntsman spiders (Araneae, Sparassidae). Zootaxa 5135(1): 1-80. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5135.1.1 -- 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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-06-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2025b
2026-06-28	Species distribution update	Sherwood, 2026	Old value
2022-05-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Rheims & Jäger, 2022
2022-05-19	New species inserted	Rheims & Jäger, 2022

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