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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Minotauria  Kulczyński, 1903   2 species

Minotauria attemsi Kulczyński, 1903

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004767

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Description
Male

Palp: patella longer than tarsus, bulb twice as long as wide, embolus strongly curved. Prosoma 4.5 mm long.

Body length male: 8.5 mm
Female

Vulva: spermatheca strongly thinner at its base. Prosoma yellow-brown, cephalic part darker. Prosoma 3.8-4.7 mm long. Eyes small, sometimes eyes absent. Legs: femur I with some prolateral spines on the distal half.

Body length female: 8.6 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete)
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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male Bulbus, ventral view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1976b)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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female Eyes, dorsal view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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female Eyes, dorsal view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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female Chelicerae, ventral view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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female Femur I, prolateral view
(Gasparo 2004b)

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.

Greece / Crete   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
References

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 (1976b) Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 83: 539-578 pdf

Gasparo F (2004b) Note sul genere Minotauria Kulczyński, 1903, con ridescrizione del maschio di M. fagei (Kratochvíl, 1970) stat. nov. (Araneae, Dysderidae). Atti e Memorie, Commissione Grotte "Eugenio Boegan" 39: 51-65 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, 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

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