Tree spider Tenerife => Olios canariensis

[Johan Verstraeten]

Another spider of Tenerife that I can't place.
Location : https://observation.org/observation/205530829/



Best regards

[Tobias Bauer]

that's an Olios (Sparassidae).

Tobias

[Johan Verstraeten]

Thank you Tobias.
Is it possible that there are only 2 species of Olios on the Canary Islands.

Olios argelasius and Olios canariensis.

And I prefer Olios canariensis
https://arachno.piwigo.com/index?/category/2609-olios_canariensis

Best regards

[Tobias Bauer]

Yes, pretty sure. Wunderlich and Jäger (https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/34858) don't mention any record of O. argeliasius from the Canary Islands, and Wunderlich states:

"Obwohl die Art [=Olios argelasius] von den Kanarischen Inseln erwähnt wird, kenne ich keinen sicheren Beleg und habe die Art hier nicht gefunden [..]."

[Johan Verstraeten]

Thank you for the information.