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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Mesostalita  Deeleman-Reinhold, 1971   3 species

Mesostalita nocturna  (Roewer, 1931)

Description
Male

Palp: end of bulb with 8 small teeth, embolus at right angles to the axis of bulb. Prosoma 1.5 mm long.

Female

Prosoma 1.5 mm long. Prosoma and appendages red-yellowish. Legs: femur, tibia and metatarsus with spines.

Body length female: 3.4 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Italy, Slovenia, Croatia
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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.

Croatia   (Polak et al., 2012) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) |||
References

Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1971b) Beitrag zur Kenntnis höhlenbewohnender Dysderidae (Araneida) aus Jugoslawien. Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede, Classis IV, Historia Naturalis 14: 95-120 pdf

Gasparo F (1996b) Gasparo, F. (1996b). Sulla presenza del genere Stalita Schiödte (Araneae, Dysderidae) in Friuli (Italia nordorientale). Atti e Memorie, Commissione Grotte "Eugenio Boegan" 33: 47-53 pdf

Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Polak S, Bedek J, Ozimec R, Zakšek V (2012) Subterranean fauna of twelve Istrian caves. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis 22: 7-24 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
20-05-2021 Distribution update Detail
10-04-2015 Image insert
15-04-2014 Image insert
16-10-2013 Distribution update Detail