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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Dysdera  Latreille, 1804   214 species

Dysdera gigas  Roewer, 1928

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004435

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Description
Male

Bulb 1.6 mm long. Prosoma 3.8 mm long.

Female

Prosoma dark brown, with fine grains. Prosoma 7.2 mm long. Eyes: anteriors less than one diameter apart, larger than posteriors. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs: femur IV with 0 to 2 dorsal spines, posterior tibia with 3 to 8 spines, posterior metatarsus with 6 or more spines.

Additional information

Under stones or in litter. Altitude up to 1000 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece (Crete), Cyprus
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Embolic division
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Chelicerae, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

female Vulva, anterior part, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

female Chelicerae, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

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.

Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269 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
31-07-2024 Distribution update Detail