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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Dysdera  Latreille, 1804   220 species

Dysdera ligustica Gasparo, 1997

Description
Male

Prosoma 2.9 mm long.

Body length male: 6.9 mm
Female

Prosoma brownish, 2.9 mm long. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs yellowish-brown, all segments spineless, except posterior tibia with 5 or 6 spines and posterior metatarsus with more than 8 spines.

Body length female: 8.6 mm
Additional information

Altitude up to 1500 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Gasparo F (1997b) Due nuove specie del genere Dysdera dell'Appennino centro-settentrionale (Araneae, Dysderidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 29: 239-251 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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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