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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Harpactea  Bristowe, 1939   221 species

Harpactea thaleri Alicata, 1966

Description
Male

Prosoma 2.3 mm long.

Female

Prosoma 2.3-2.8 mm long. Legs: femur I with 2 to 8 spines, femur II with a row of 4 spines, femur III with numerous spines, femur IV with 2 to 7 spines.

Additional information

In fallow meadows and oak-linden forests.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Switzerland, Italy
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Switzerland   (no references) |||
References

Alicata P (1966c) Le Harpactea (Araneae, Dysderidae) della fauna italiana e considerazioni sulla loro origine. Atti dell' Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania (6) 18: 190-221 pdf

Hänggi A (1990) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna des Kantons Tessin III - Für die Schweiz neue und bemerkenswerte Spinnen. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 63: 153-167 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 pdf

Pesarini C (unpubl.)

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf