Olios
Olios is the largest genus of huntsman spiders, containing 165 species. They are found throughout the world, with most species occurring in hot countries. The genus was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.
Description
They are small to large Sparassidae, that have eight eyes in two partially straight rows. For the smaller species of this genus, they are usually light brown to brown with darker areas. Most larger species are darker, and some members of this genus may also be green. They are nocturnal hunters.Venom
Like most spiders, members of the genus Olios are not considered dangerous to humans. While they do possess venom, it is primarily used to subdue its prey, which consists of insects. The venom is not potent enough to cause significant harm to humans, and bites may result in mild symptoms such as redness, swelling, or pain, similar to a bee sting.Habitat
As this genus is widespread, they are found in a large variety of habitats, from savannahs to rainforest. They are mainly found in vegetation, and rarely houses. They are sometimes shipped alongside fruit, but this is not a common occurrence.Species
, this genus includes 165 species and five subspecies.These species have articles on Wikipedia:Olios argelasius – Mediterranean. Introduced to Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland Olios auricomis – Gambia, Cameroon, DR Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Angola, South AfricaOlios biarmatus Lessert, 1925 – South AfricaOlios brachycephalus Lawrence, 1938 – South AfricaOlios chelifer Lawrence, 1937 – South AfricaOlios chubbi Lessert, 1923 – Mozambique, South AfricaOlios correvoni Lessert, 1921 – TanzaniaOlios fasciculatus Simon, 1880 – Gabon, Guinea, Congo, DR Congo, South Sudan, Tanzania, South AfricaOlios fonticola – South AfricaOlios freyi Lessert, 1929 – DR Congo, South AfricaOlios giganteus Keyserling, 1884 – United States, MexicoOlios greeni – Sri LankaOlios hirtus – Sri LankaOlios kruegeri – South AfricaOlios kunzi Jäger, 2020 – Namibia, South Africa, Zambia?Olios lacticolor Lawrence, 1952 – South AfricaOlios lamarcki – Madagascar to India, Sri Lanka, BangladeshOlios lepidus Vellard, 1924 – BrazilOlios machadoi Lawrence, 1952 – South AfricaOlios marshalli – South AfricaOlios milleti – India, Sri LankaOlios senilis Simon, 1880 – India, Sri LankaOlios sherwoodi Lessert, 1929 – DR Congo, Namibia, South AfricaOlios sjostedti Lessert, 1921 – Tanzania, Botswana, South AfricaOlios stictopus – South AfricaOlios suavis – Cyprus, Israel, EgyptOlios zulu Simon, 1880 – South AfricaOlios acolastus – Indonesia Olios acostae Schenkel, 1953 – VenezuelaOlios actaeon – Papua New Guinea Olios admiratus – IndiaOlios alluaudi Simon, 1887 – Ivory CoastOlios angolensis Jäger, 2020 – AngolaOlios argelasius – Mediterranean. Introduced to Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland Olios artemis Hogg, 1916 – New GuineaOlios atomarius Simon, 1880 – PeruOlios attractus Petrunkevitch, 1911 – BrazilOlios aurantiacus Mello-Leitão, 1918 – BrazilOlios auricomis – Gambia, Cameroon, DR Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Angola, South AfricaOlios batesi – CameroonOlios baulnyi – Morocco, Senegal, SudanOlios benitensis – CameroonOlios berlandi Roewer, 1951 – New CaledoniaOlios bhattacharjeei – IndiaOlios bhavnagarensis Sethi & Tikader, 1988 – IndiaOlios biarmatus Lessert, 1925 – South AfricaOlios biprocessus Hu, Zhang & Liu, 2025 – ChinaOlios brachycephalus Lawrence, 1938 – South AfricaOlios bungarensis Strand, 1913 – Indonesia Olios canalae Berland, 1924 – New CaledoniaOlios canariensis – Canary IslandsOlios caprinus Mello-Leitão, 1918 – BrazilOlios chelifer Lawrence, 1937 – South AfricaOlios chubbi Lessert, 1923 – Mozambique, South AfricaOlios clarus – MexicoOlios claviger – ZimbabweOlios coccineiventris – Indonesia, New GuineaOlios coenobita Fage, 1926 – MadagascarOlios correvoni Lessert, 1921 – Tanzania
- * O. c. choupangensis Lessert, 1936 – Mozambique
- * O. c. nigrifrons Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, EswatiniOlios crassus – Costa RicaOlios croseiceps – MalawiOlios darlingi – ZimbabweOlios debalae – IndiaOlios debilipes Mello-Leitão, 1945 – ArgentinaOlios denticulus Jäger, 2020 – Indonesia Olios diao Jäger, 2012 – Laos, CambodiaOlios digitatus Sun, Li & Zhang, 2011 – ChinaOlios discolorichelis Caporiacco, 1947 – GuyanaOlios durlaviae Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2005 – BangladeshOlios erraticus Fage, 1926 – MadagascarOlios erroneus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890 – Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela?Olios extensus Berland, 1924 – New CaledoniaOlios faesi Lessert, 1933 – AngolaOlios fasciculatus Simon, 1880 – Gabon, Guinea, Congo, DR Congo, South Sudan, Tanzania, South AfricaOlios fasciiventris Simon, 1880 – Tanzania Olios feldmanni Strand, 1915 – CameroonOlios ferox – Indonesia, AustraliaOlios fimbriatus Chrysanthus, 1965 – Indonesia Olios flavens Nicolet, 1849 – ChileOlios floweri Lessert, 1921 – Ethiopia, East AfricaOlios fonticola – South AfricaOlios francoisi – New Caledonia Olios freyi Lessert, 1929 – DR Congo, South AfricaOlios fulvithorax Berland, 1924 – New CaledoniaOlios galapagoensis Banks, 1902 – GalapagosOlios gambiensis Jäger, 2020 – GambiaOlios gaujoni – EcuadorOlios gentilis – West AfricaOlios giganteus Keyserling, 1884 – United States, MexicoOlios gravelyi Sethi & Tikader, 1988 – IndiaOlios greeni – Sri LankaOlios hampsoni – IndiaOlios hirtus – Sri LankaOlios hoplites Caporiacco, 1941 – EthiopiaOlios humboldtianus Berland, 1924 – New CaledoniaOlios igraya – Philippines Olios inaequipes – Indonesia Olios insignifer Chrysanthus, 1965 – New GuineaOlios insulanus – Indonesia Olios ishikawatodaorum Arakawa, Kato & Tanikawa, 2025 – JapanOlios jaenicke Jäger, 2012 – LaosOlios jaldaparaensis Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2007 – IndiaOlios japonicus Jäger & Ono, 2000 – Japan Olios kassenjicola Strand, 1916 – Central AfricaOlios kiranae Sethi & Tikader, 1988 – IndiaOlios kolosvaryi – EthiopiaOlios kruegeri – South AfricaOlios kunzi Jäger, 2020 – Namibia, South Africa, Zambia?Olios lacticolor Lawrence, 1952 – South AfricaOlios lamarcki – Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, BangladeshOlios lepidus Vellard, 1924 – BrazilOlios lincangensis Hu, Zhang & Liu, 2025 – ChinaOlios longipedatus Roewer, 1951 – BrazilOlios longipes – SudanOlios lucieni Jäger, 2020 – Ethiopia, KenyaOlios lutescens – Pakistan, Myanmar, Indonesia Olios machadoi Lawrence, 1952 – South AfricaOlios macroepigynus Soares, 1944 – BrazilOlios maculatus – Brazil, Caribbean?Olios mahabangkawitus Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – PhilippinesOlios marshalli – South AfricaOlios menghaiensis – China, LaosOlios milleti – India, Sri LankaOlios minensis – BrazilOlios monticola Berland, 1924 – New CaledoniaOlios mordax – MadagascarOlios muang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009 – LaosOlios mutabilis Mello-Leitão, 1917 – BrazilOlios mygalinus Doleschall, 1857 – Indonesia, New Guinea
- * O. m. cinctipes Merian, 1911 – Indonesia
- * O. m. nigripalpis Merian, 1911 – Indonesia Olios nanningensis – ChinaOlios nentwigi Jäger, 2020 – Indonesia Olios neocaledonicus Berland, 1924 – New CaledoniaOlios nigrifrons – Indonesia Olios nigriventris Taczanowski, 1872 – French GuianaOlios oberzelleri Kritscher, 1966 – New CaledoniaOlios obesulus – IndiaOlios obscurus – Mexico, Costa Rica, PanamaOlios obtusus – GuatemalaOlios oubatchensis Berland, 1924 – New CaledoniaOlios paraensis – BrazilOlios pellucidus – PeruOlios perezi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – PhilippinesOlios peruvianus Roewer, 1951 – PeruOlios pictus – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Israel, Saudi ArabiaOlios plumipes Mello-Leitão, 1937 – BrazilOlios princeps Hogg, 1914 – New GuineaOlios pulchripes – CameroonOlios punctipes Simon, 1884 – Pakistan, India, Indonesia
- * O. p. sordidatus – MyanmarOlios punjabensis Dyal, 1935 – PakistanOlios pusillus Simon, 1880 – MadagascarOlios pyrozonis – IndiaOlios quadrispilotus – Tanzania Olios roeweri Caporiacco, 1955 – GuyanaOlios rossettii – Pakistan, India, NepalOlios rotundiceps – IndiaOlios rubripes Taczanowski, 1872 – French GuianaOlios rubriventris – Indonesia, New GuineaOlios ruwenzoricus Strand, 1913 – Central AfricaOlios scalptor Jäger & Ono, 2001 – TaiwanOlios senilis Simon, 1880 – India, Sri LankaOlios sericeus – Ukraine, Caucasus, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Afghanistan, ChinaOlios sherwoodi Lessert, 1929 – DR Congo, Namibia, South AfricaOlios similis – GuatemalaOlios simoni – GuatemalaOlios sjostedti Lessert, 1921 – Tanzania, Botswana, South AfricaOlios skwarrae – MexicoOlios somalicus Caporiacco, 1940 – SomaliaOlios spinipalpis – ZimbabweOlios stictopus – South AfricaOlios stimulator – United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran?Olios strandi Kolosváry, 1934 – New GuineaOlios suavis – Cyprus, Israel, EgyptOlios subadultus Mello-Leitão, 1930 – BrazilOlios sulphuratus – CameroonOlios sungaya – Philippines Olios suung Jäger, 2012 – China, LaosOlios sylvaticus – BrazilOlios tamerlani Roewer, 1951 – New GuineaOlios taprobanicus Strand, 1913 – Sri LankaOlios tarandus – PakistanOlios tener – Pakistan, India, MyanmarOlios tiantongensis – ChinaOlios tigrinus – PeruOlios tikaderi Kundu, Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 1999 – IndiaOlios triarmatus Lessert, 1936 – MozambiqueOlios trifurcatus – CameroonOlios uniprocessus Hu, Zhang & Liu, 2025 – ChinaOlios ventrosus Nicolet, 1849 – ChileOlios vitiosus Vellard, 1924 – BrazilOlios wroughtoni – IndiaOlios yucatanus Chamberlin, 1925 – MexicoOlios zulu Simon, 1880 – South Africa