Dysdera sultani Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988
Description
Prosoma brown, with fine grains. Prosoma 4.4 mm long. Eyes: anteriors less than 0.5 diameter apart. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs: femur IV with 3 to 5 dorsal spines, posterior tibia and metatarsus with 3 to 14 spines.
Additional information
In pine forests, under stones.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
Tip of bulbus, distal view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
Tip of bulbus, laterofrontal view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
Tip of bulbus, retrolateral-ventral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
Tip of bulbus, posterior view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
Tip of bulbus, prolateral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
Tip of bulbus, retrolateral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
Embolic division
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)
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 
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, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269
Özkütük R S, Kaya R S, Yağmur E A, Danışman T, Gücel S, Kunt K B (2019a) Redescription of Dysdera sultani (Araneae: Dysderidae) with the first description of the female. Arachnolgische Mitteilungen 57: 21-25
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 05-02-2026 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 14-02-2019 | Image insert |