Harpactea piligera (Thorell, 1875)
Description
Male
Prosoma 2 mm long.
Body length male: 6.1 mmFemale
Prosoma light brown, smooth, 1.6-2.1 mm long. Sternum yellow-brown. Legs: femur I and II with one to 3 spines, femur III with 2 rows of spines, femur IV with one to 5 spines.
Body length female: 4.3-6.3 mmAdditional information
In mixed forests, chestnut grove, beech forests, oak forests. Altitude up to 1400 m.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gasparo 1996a)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Gasparo 1996a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1979d)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo 1996a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Gasparo 1996a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo 1996a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Gasparo 1996a)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Gasparo 1996a)
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.
References
Brignoli P M (1979d) Ragni d'Italia XXIX. Dysderidae nuovi o interessanti (Araneae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 111: 17-26 
Gasparo F (1996a) Note su Harpactea piligera (Araneae, Dysderidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 28: 1-13
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
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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