Rhode scutiventris Simon, 1882
Description
Male
Prosoma 1.5-1.8 mm long. Opisthosoma with a ventral scutum, dorsal scutum absent.
Body length male: 3.9-4 mmFemale
Prosoma dark red-brown, almost black, with strong grains. Prosoma 1.5-1.7 mm long. Sternum red-brown. Eyes well developed. Legs red-brown. Opisthosoma with a reduced ventral scutum, dorsal scutum absent.
Body length female: 4-5.7 mmAdditional information
In scrubland, garrigue, in litter and under stones.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2019d)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, lateral view
(Beladjal et al. 1996)
Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zamani & Marusik 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani & Marusik 2025)
Tip of bulbus, apical view
(Beladjal et al. 1996)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2019d)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Habitus, ventral view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Beladjal et al. 1996)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Zamani & Marusik 2025)
Pedicel, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Distribution List
References
Barrientos J A, García-López V, Soria F-J (2019d) Arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) del complejo Hundidero-Gato (Málaga, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 35: 3-8 
Beladjal L, Bosmans R, Maelfait J-P (1996) Le genre Rhode Simon dans le Maghreb (Araneae, Dysderidae). Revue Arachnologique 11: 65-75
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1978a) Les araignées du genre Rhode de Yougoslavie (Araneae, Dysderidae). International Journal of Speleology 9: 251-266
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Marusik Y M (2025) New taxonomic and faunistic data on Moroccan spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including the description of five new species. Zootaxa 5692: 321-337