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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Dysdera  Latreille, 1804   212 species

Dysdera romana  Gasparo & Di Franco, 2008

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042387

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Description
Male

Very similar to D. apenninica. Prosoma 2.6-3.4 mm long.

Body length male: 6.5 mm
Female

Very similar to D. apenninica. Prosoma reddish-brown, with fine grains. Prosoma 2.6-3.6 mm long. Legs: femur IV with one to 3 spines, posterior tibia and metatarsus with several spines.

Body length female: 8.6 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Italy
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Females probably all the year, males in winter and spring.
Figures
species

male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)

species

male Bulbus, ventral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)

species

male Bulbus, posterior view
(Fusco et al. 2024)

species

male Bulbus, postero-lateral view
(Fusco et al. 2024)

species

male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Fusco et al. 2024)

species

male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Fusco et al. 2024)

species

male Chelicera, ventral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)

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.

Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) |||
References

Fusco T, Fattorini S, Fortini L, Ruzzier E, Di Giulio A (2024) Ground spiders (Chelicerata, Araneae) of an urban green space: intensive sampling in a protected area of Rome (Italy) reveals a high diversity and new records to the Italian territory. Biodiversity Data Journal 12(e122896): 1-181 pdf

Gasparo F, Di Franco F (2008) Descrizione di Dysdera romana n. sp. del Lazio (Araneae, Dysderidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 40: 1-8 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
07-06-2024 Image insert
03-09-2013 Image insert