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
"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, 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 |