araneae - Dysdera romana

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 2023): Italy

Phenology



Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Females probably all the year, males in winter and spring.

Figures

Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)

Bulbus, ventral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)

Chelicera, ventral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)

Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)

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.

References

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

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

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

WSC (2023) World Spider Catalog. Version 24.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (25.10.2023) doi: 10.24436/2

Dysdera romana Gasparo & Di Franco, 2008