Rhode aspinifera (Nikolic, 1963)
Description
Male
Prosoma red-brown, 1.3-1.4 mm long. Both sexes eyeless. Sternum provided with small, robust tubercles. Chelicerae provided with small, robust tubercles. Femur provided with small, robust tubercles.
Body length male: 3.3 mmFemale
Prosoma 1.6 mm long. Chelicerae: promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with one tooth. Legs covered with hairs, particularly on the ventral side of metatarsus.
Body length female: 3.8 mmAdditional information
Found in caves, deeper ground and under stones.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Frequency: Very rarely found
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1990c)
Tip of bulbus
(Thaler 1990c)
Bulbus, frontal view
(Thaler 1990c)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Thaler 1990c)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1990c)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Pedicel, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Tarsal claw of leg I, lateral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Thaler 1990c)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Thaler 1990c)
Distribution List
References
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1978a) Les araignées du genre Rhode de Yougoslavie (Araneae, Dysderidae). International Journal of Speleology 9: 251-266 
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522
Mammola S, Cardoso P, Ribera C, Pavlek M, Isaia M (2018b) A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56: 301-316
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
Thaler K (1990c) Das Männchen von Rhode aspinifera (Nikolic) (Arachnida: Araneae, Dysderidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 63: 147-152
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2