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

Dysdera pristiphora Pesarini, 2001

Description
Male

Prosoma dark reddish brown, with small granulations. Prosoma 2.7 mm long. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs reddish yellow, posterior tibia with 3 to 5 spines, posterior metatarsus with 8 spines, other segments spineless.

Body length male: 8.1 mm
Female

Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 8.1 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Males also in spring.
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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.

Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

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 pdf

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 pdf

Pesarini C (2001a) Sei nuove specie di Dysderidae d'Italia e di Grecia (Araneae). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 141: 291-301 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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02-09-2014 Image insert