Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Parachtes  Alicata, 1964   13 species

Parachtes ignavus  (Simon, 1882)

Description
Male

Palp: bulb spindle-shaped, with a short curved, semi-membranous tip. Prosoma 3.4-3.7 mm long. Legs: femur IV with 3 spines.

Body length male: 8.7 mm
Female

Prosoma dark red-brown, 3.3-4 mm long. Sternum red-brown. Legs red-brownish, anteriors darker, femur I with 2 prolateral spines, femur II with one spine, femur III with one or 2 spines, femur IV with 5 spines. Opisthosoma greyish.

Additional information

In beech forests, under stones or among moss. Altitude 1000-2000 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Spain: misidentification (Ferrández 1990a)
Global distribution (WSC 2024): France (incl. Corsica)
Phenology
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Figures
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.

France   (no references) ||| France / Corsica   (Le Peru, 2007) |||
References

Alicata P (1964b) Le specie italiane di Harpactocrates e di Parachtes n. gen. (Araneae, Dysderidae). Annuario dell'Istituto e Museo di Zoologia dell'Universita di Napoli 16 (3): 1-40 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308 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
18-06-2020 Datasheet update Detail
18-06-2020 Distribution update Detail