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

Harpactea sardoa Alicata, 1966

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004716

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Description
Male

Prosoma 2 mm long.

Female

Prosoma 1.8 mm long. Legs: femur I with 2 spines, femur II with 2 or 3 spines, femur III with 4 to 6 spines, femur IV with 4 or 5 spines.

Additional information

Altitude 700 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Males also in spring.
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Alicata 1966c)

species

male Bulbus
(Brignoli 1979d)

species

male Tip of bulbus
(Brignoli 1979d)

species

male Bulbus
(Alicata 1966c)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1979d)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1979d)

species

female Vulva
(Alicata 1966c)

Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
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

Brignoli P M (1979d) Ragni d'Italia XXIX. Dysderidae nuovi o interessanti (Araneae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 111: 17-26 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

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
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