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

Dysdera maurusia Thorell, 1873

Description

Prosoma ferruginous to orange. Prosoma length: 2.3-4.0 mm.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: All records outside of North Africa are assumed to be misidentified or mislabeled (Rezác et al. 2008b)
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Algeria, Tunisia
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Distribution List
Algeria   (Řezáč et al., 2008b; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Tunisia   (Kmira et al., 2025) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95 pdf

Řezáč M, Král J, Pekár S (2008b) The spider genus Dysdera (Araneae, Dysderidae) in Central Europe: revision and natural history. Journal of Arachnology 35: 432-462 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

Updates
30-08-2025 Distribution insert Detail
11-05-2020 Distribution update Detail
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