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

Harpactea cressa Brignoli, 1984

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004630

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Description
Male

Embolus transverse, thick, bent proximally. Conductor bifurcated with a large lamella-like plate and a very slender, sharp projection. Prosoma reddish brown. Prosoma 1.8 mm long. Sternum yellow. Eyes: anteriors less than one diameter apart. Legs: Femur I-II reddish brown, all other segments and legs III-IV yellow, femur I with 2 or 3 spines, femur II with 2 spines, femur III with 3 to 5 spines, femur IV with 4 to 7 spines. Abdomen yellowish.

Body length male: 3.4 mm
Female

Vulva with long and slender spermathecae, posterior diverticulum bent upwards. Prosoma 1.2-1.6 mm long.

Additional information

In litter under Quercus coccifera, pine forests, close to the sea. Altitude up to 1450 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete)
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Chatzaki & Arnedo 2006)

species

male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1984b)

species

male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1984b)

species

male Chelicera, ventral view
(Chatzaki & Arnedo 2006)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Chatzaki & Arnedo 2006)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Chatzaki & Arnedo 2006)

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.

Greece / Crete   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Brignoli P M (1984b) Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 91: 281-321 pdf

Chatzaki M, Arnedo M A (2006) Taxonomic revision of the epigean representatives of the spider subfamily Harpacteinae (Araneae: Dysderidae) on the island of Crete. Zootaxa 1169: 1-32 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

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

Updates
21-07-2025 Distribution update Detail
30-04-2013 Image insert