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

Harpactea nausicaae Brignoli, 1976

Description
Male

Prosoma 1.2 mm long.

Body length male: 3.1 mm
Female

Prosoma dark brown, almost black, with minute grains. Prosoma 1.2 mm long. Legs: femur I and II with 3 spines, femur III with 5 spines, femur IV with 7 spines.

Body length female: 3.2 mm
Additional information

In litter, under oak, olive or beech. Altitude up to 1350 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Greece
Males and females also in spring.
Figures
Distribution List
Albania   (Deltshev et al., 2011b) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Kosovo   (Geci & Naumova, 2021b) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2017) |||
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 (1976b) Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 83: 539-578 pdf

Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144 pdf

Geci D, Naumova M (2021b) A preliminary checklist of the spiders of Kosovo (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologia Balkanica, Special Edition 4: 11-28 pdf

Komnenov M (2017) New data on spider fauna (Araneae) of Shar Mountain, north-western Macedonia. Proceedings of the 5th Congress of the Ecologists of Macedonia, with international participation (Ohrid, 19th-22nd October 2016). Special issues of the Macedonian Ecological Society 13: 44-61 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
30-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
19-06-2021 Distribution insert Detail
04-12-2013 Distribution update Detail