Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
Description
Male
Palp: embolus long and coiled. Epigastric area not bulging. Prosoma 0.8-0.88 mm long. Characters as in female.
Body length male: 1.6-1.9 mmFemale
Prosoma with dark margin and cephalic region darker. Prosoma 0.58-0.7 mm long. Sternum yellow-brown. Clypeus concave. Chelicerae: promargin without teeth. Legs annulated, metatarsus I 1.6 times as long as tarsus I, tibia IV with one dorsal bristle. Opisthosoma with 2 anterior tubercles, anterior part and posterior end of folium dark. Folium indistinct. Some specimen light, without pattern.
Body length female: 1.8-2 mmAdditional information
In salt marsh, on Tamarix.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Pedipalp
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Epigyne
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1977a)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1977a)
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
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Bosmans R (2003) A checklist of the spiders of Tunisia, with description of a new species of Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 12: 89-109
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WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1977a) Zur Synonymie südeuropäischer Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneida: Theridiidae, Linyphiidae, Gnaphosidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57: 289-293