Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Dysdera  Latreille, 1804   220 species

Dysdera lata Reuss, 1834

Description
Male

Bulb 1.7 mm long. Prosoma 3.7-4.7 mm long. Prosoma dark red-brown, strongly wrinkled. Femur IV with dorsal spines. Tibia IV not only laterally and ventrally but also dorsally with distal spine.

Body length male: 7-8 mm
Female

Prosoma dark brown, covered with unequal and irregular punctures. Prosoma  4.8 mm long. Eyes: anteriors 0.5 diameter apart. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs: femur IV with one or 2 dorsal small spines, posterior tibia and metatarsus with 7 or more spines.

Body length female: 10-12 mm
Additional information

In Castanea forest, Pinus forest, under bark or under stones, usually near littoral.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Mediterranean to Georgia
Phenology
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Distribution List
Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| France   (Danflous et al., 2026) ||| France / Corsica   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Hungary   (Mezőfi & Markó, 2018) ||| Italy   (Pantini et al., 2020a) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Dentici et al., 2023) ||| Kosovo   (Geci et al., 2025c) ||| Moldova   (Mikhailov, 2013) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019; Barrientos & Febrer, 2017) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) ||| Ukraine   (Mikhailov, 2013) |||
References

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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

Bosmans R, Lissner J, Hernández-Corral J (2017a) The spider family Dysderidae in the Balearic Islands. Zootaxa 4329: 375-391 pdf

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

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Danflous S, Ferrand J, Henrard A, Déjean S (2026) Sur la présence en France de Dysdera lata Reuss, 1834. Revue Arachnologique (2) 12: 2-8 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

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