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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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Distribution List

"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.

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