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
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Alicata 1966c)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Alicata 1974a)
Bulbus
(Brignoli 1979d)
Bulbus
(Alicata 1966c)
Tip of bulbus
(Alicata 1966c)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Cassar & Řezáč 2021)
Tip of bulbus
(Alicata 1974a)
Bulbus
(Alicata 1974a)
Epigyne
(Cassar & Řezáč 2021)
Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1979d)
Vulva
(Alicata 1966c)
Vulva
(Alicata 1974a)
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
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 
Alicata P (1974a) Le Harpactea Bristowe (Araneae, Dysderidae) del Nord Africa. Animalia 1: 3-24
Brignoli P M (1979d) Ragni d'Italia XXIX. Dysderidae nuovi o interessanti (Araneae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 111: 17-26
Cassar T, Řezáč M (2021) The Dysderidae of the Maltese Islands (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 82-85
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
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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| 14-10-2021 | Image insert | |
| 13-10-2021 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 02-10-2014 | Image insert | |
| 07-05-2013 | Image insert |