Harpactea sturanyi (Nosek, 1905)
Description
Male
Prosoma 2.1-3.0 mm long, brownish red, cephalic part darker. Legs: femur I with a group of 4 spines, femur II with a row of 5 spines, femur III with 2 rows of spines, femur IV with numerous spines, patella III and IV with one spine. Opisthosoma whitish.
Body length male: 4.8-6.5 mmFemale
Prosoma brownish, 1.9-2.5 mm long. Legs: femur I with a group of 3 or 4 spines, femur II with a row of 2 to 4 spines.
Body length female: 4.9-6.5 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1978a)
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1977a)
Bulbus
(Dunin 1992b)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1978a)
Tip of bulbus
(Brignoli 1977a)
Tip of bulbus, anterior view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
Tip of bulbus, anterior view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
Bulbus, anterior view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2021a)
Part of bulbus
(Brignoli 1978a)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1978a)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1978a)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1978a)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1978a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
Vulva, ventral view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
Vulva, ventral view
(Dimitrov et al. 2019)
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
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) 
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
Brignoli P M (1977a) Ragni di Grecia X. Nuovi dati sulla Grecia continentale ed insulare (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84: 937-954
Brignoli P M (1978a) Ragni di Turchia V. Specie nuove o interesanti, cavernicole ed epigee, di varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 85: 461-541
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Dimitrov D, Deltshev C, Lazarov S (2019) Description of Harpactea popovi sp. n. from Bulgaria with further taxonomic notes on related species (Araneae, Dysderidae). Zootaxa 4568: 593-600
Dunin P M (1992b) The spider family Dysderidae of the Caucasian fauna (Arachnida Aranei Haplogynae). Arthropoda Selecta 1(3): 35-76
Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2