introduced from Africa, not established
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
Browning E (1954) The accidental importation of three species of Torania into Great Britain, with observations on live specimens (Araneae: Sparassidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 124: 213-217, 1pl
Forsyth M (1962) Spiders introduced with fruit to N. Ireland during 1961. Irish Naturalists Journal 14: 63
Helsdingen P J van (2019) Faunistiek en dynamiek in de spinnenwereld [Faunistics and dynamics in the spider world]. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 38: 41-43
Jäger P (2002b) Heteropodinae: transfers and synonymies (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica 51: 33-61
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
Machač O (2017) Record of a tropical sparassid from Hranice na Moravě. Pavouk 42: 7
Schmidt G (1959) Bestimmungstabelle für die aus Westafrika mit Bananen eingeschleppten Spinnen. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Zoologie 46: 99-105
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2