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

Harpactea sicula Alicata, 1966

Description
Male

Prosoma 1.3-2.2 mm long.

Female

Prosoma 1.6-1.9 mm long. Legs: femur I with one spine, femur II with one to 3 spines, femur III with 3 to 5 spines, femur IV with one to 3 spines.

Additional information

Altitude up to 1500 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy (Sicily), Malta
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Italy / Sicily   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Malta   (Cassar & Řezáč, 2021) |||
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

Alicata P (1974a) Le Harpactea Bristowe (Araneae, Dysderidae) del Nord Africa. Animalia 1: 3-24 pdf

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

Cassar T, Řezáč M (2021) The Dysderidae of the Maltese Islands (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 82-85 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

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

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