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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Hygrocrates  Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988   5 species

Hygrocrates lycaoniae (Brignoli, 1978)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004760

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Description
Male

Palp: bulb pear-shaped, with 2 subapical apophyses. Prosoma 3.3 mm long.

Body length male: 7.02 mm
Female

Prosoma light brown, smooth, 3.5 mm long. Eyes: posterior row almost straight. Labium 1.6 times as long as wide. Chelicerae: promargin with 2 teeth, retromargin with a basal small tooth and an apical stronger tooth. Legs: femur I with 2 prolateral spines, femur II with one or 2 prolateral spines, femur III spineless or with one dorsal spine, femur IV with 2 to 4 spines.

Additional information

In damp woodland, under stones or in litter, also in entry of cave.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Rhodes), Turkey
Adults of both sexes in spring, autumn and winter.
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

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male Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1978a)

species

male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1978a)

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male Bulbus
(Kunt et al. 2011b)

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male Bulbus
(Kunt et al. 2011b)

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male Bulbus
(Kunt et al. 2011b)

species

male Bulbus
(Kunt et al. 2011b)

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male Bulbus, posterior view
(Kunt et al. 2013b)

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male Prosoma
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Kunt et al. 2011b)

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Chelicerae, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

Distribution List
Greece   (Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman, 1988) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

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

Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269 pdf

Kunt K B, Marusik Y M, Omelko M M (2013b) A review of the genus Hygrocrates with a description of a new species from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 65: 273-277 pdf

Kunt K B, Yağmur E A, Özkütük R S, Kaya R S (2011b) The genus Hygrocrates Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 (Araneae, Dysderidae) in Turkey. ZooKeys 85: 1-16 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
16-02-2022 Image insert
16-02-2022 Distribution update Detail