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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Harpactea  Bristowe, 1939   221 species

Harpactea aeoliensis Alicata, 1973

Description
Male

Prosoma 1.6 mm long.

Female

Prosoma 2-2.2 mm long. Legs: femur I with 2 or 3 spines, femur II with 3 spines, femur III with numerous spines, femur IV with 2 to 4 spines.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Adults of both sexes in winter.
Figures
Distribution List
Italy / Sicily   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Alicata P (1973) I Dysderidae (Araneae) delle Eolie, delle Egadi e di Ustica. Lavori della Società Italiana di Biogeografia (N.S.) 3: 341-353 pdf

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

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

Updates
02-10-2014 Image insert
09-04-2013 Distribution update Detail