Dysdera neocretica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988
Description
Male
Bulb 0.7 mm long. Prosoma 2 mm long. Opisthosoma with a ventral scutum.
Female
Prosoma yellow-brown, 2 mm long. Prosoma and sternum smooth, covered with sparse grains. Eyes: anteriors 0.5 to 0.75 diameter apart. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs: tibia III with 3 to 5 spines, tibia IV with one to 4 spines.
Additional information
In bushes, near streams, under Platanus orientalis and in litter.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Pedipalp, median view
(Varol & Danışman 2018b)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Varol & Danışman 2018b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Coşar et al. 2024d)
Vulva, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1989)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978b)
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.
References
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 
Coşar İ, Yağmur E A, Danışman T, Özkütük R S, Kunt, K B (2024d) Two new species of Dysdera (Aranei: Dysderidae) from Turkey. Arthropoda Selecta 33: 383-390
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
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1978b) Revision of the cave-dwelling and related spiders of the genus Troglohyphantes Joseph (Linyphiidae), with special reference to the yugoslav species. Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede, Classis IV, Historia Naturalis (Prirod. Vede) 23: 1-220
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1989) Rhodera n. gen., hypogea n. sp., araignée microphtalme de l'île de Crête, un fossile vivant? (Araneae: Dysderidae: Dysderinae). Mémoires de Biospéologie 16: 47-51
Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269
Varol M İ, Danışman T (2018b) Dysdera neocretica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988, a new record from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae). Serket 16: 87-89
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2