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

Harpactea strandjica Dimitrov, 1997

Description
Male

Bulb: conductor with a strong tubercle at its middle, embolus with a bifurcated tip. Prosoma 2.1-2.8 mm long.

Body length male: 5.15-6 mm
Female

Prosoma red-brown, ocular area darker. Prosoma 2.8 mm long. Legs orange-red, femur I with 2 prolateral spines, femur II with 2 or 3 prolateral spines, coxa IV with 2 to 5 dorsal spines, patella III usually with one spine.

Body length female: 6.5-6.75 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Bulgaria, Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (Demircan & Topçu, 2015; Demircan Aksan & Topçu, 2022c) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56 pdf

Demircan N, Topçu A (2015) A contribution to the spider fauna of the European part of Turkey (Araneae). Serket 14: 176-183 pdf

Dimitrov D (1997) Description of Harpactea strandjica, sp. n. from Bulgaria (Araneae, Dysderidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 322 pdf

Dimitrov D (2018b) A contribution to the study of Turkish Dysderidae with description of a new Dysdera (Araneae, Dysderidae). Arachnology 17: 457-462 pdf

Lazarov S (2009a) A new spider species from Bulgaria, Harpactea terveli sp. n. (Araneae, Dysderidae). International Journal of Academic Research 1: 96-98 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
11-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
22-03-2022 Distribution update Detail
09-10-2018 Image insert
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