Dysdera romantica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988
Description
Male
Prosoma 2.4 mm long.
Female
Prosoma brown, smooth, covered with punctures. Prosoma 2.5 mm long. Eyes: anteriors at the most 0.5 diameter apart. Chelicerae with 4 teeth, fang markedly flattened. Legs: tibia III with 3 spines, tibia IV with 2 spines, metatarsus IV with one or 2 spines.
Additional information
In deciduous forests with Platanus orientalis, near streams, in coniferous forests, oak forests, meadows, under stones or in litter.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Embolic division
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Embolic division
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva, anterior part, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva, anterior part (aberrant specimen), dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva (aberrant specimen), ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Distribution List
References
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 
Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 05-02-2026 | Distribution update | Detail |