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

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 mm
Female

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 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece, Turkey, Georgia
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Bulgaria  Removed (Blagoev et al., 2018; Dimitrov et al., 2019) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
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

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 pdf

Brignoli P M (1977a) Ragni di Grecia X. Nuovi dati sulla Grecia continentale ed insulare (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 84: 937-954 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

Dunin P M (1992b) The spider family Dysderidae of the Caucasian fauna (Arachnida Aranei Haplogynae). Arthropoda Selecta 1(3): 35-76 pdf

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 pdf

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 pdf

Updates
05-02-2026 Distribution update Detail
08-07-2021 Image insert
02-07-2021 Distribution insert Detail
23-03-2019 Image insert
21-03-2019 Distribution update Detail