Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Dysdera  Latreille, 1804   214 species

Dysdera spinicrus  Simon, 1882

Description
Male

Bulb 1.1 mm long. Prosoma 3.4 mm long.

Female

Prosoma red-brown, with small grains and punctures. Prosoma 4.7 mm long. Eyes: posteriors equal in size, anteriors one diameter apart. Legs: femur IV with 4 or 5 spines, posterior tibia and metatarsus with numerous spines, posterior tibia with 2 to 10 long ventral spines.

Body length female: 12 mm
Additional information

In forests, open areas, under stones or in litter. Altitude up to 1800 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Balkans, Greece, Syria
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Adults of both sexes probably all the year.
Figures
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.

Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (no references) ||| Greece / Crete   (no references) ||| Serbia   (no references) |||
References

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

Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269 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 (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
02-09-2014 Image insert