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

Harpactea arguta (Simon, 1907)

Description
Male

Prosoma 2.1 mm long. Characters as in female.

Body length male: 3.6 mm
Female

Prosoma brownish, 2.2 mm long. Eyes: anteriors 0.3 diameter apart. Chelicerae with large black grains on exterior side. Legs: femur I with 2 spines, femur II with 3 spines, femur III with 7 spines, femur IV with 4 spines. Opisthosoma grey.

Body length female: 4.5 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France, Italy
Adults of both sexes in winter.
Figures
Distribution List
France   (no references) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Brignoli P M (1979d) Ragni d'Italia XXIX. Dysderidae nuovi o interessanti (Araneae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 111: 17-26 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

Pesarini C (unpubl.)

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

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