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

Harpactea mentor Lazarov & Naumova, 2010

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow to yellow-brown, smooth. Prosoma length: 2.64 mm. Chelicerae and sternum light brown. Legs yellow to yellow-brown. Opisthosoma grey to medium grey.

Body length male: 5.43 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 2.11 mm. Colouration as in males.

Body length female: 4.71 mm
Additional information

In leaf litter of forests, 1000-2000 m a.s.l.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): North Macedonia, Bulgaria
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2020b) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Komnenov M (2020b) First data on the spider fauna (Araneae) of Maleshevski Mountains in the Republic of Macedonia. Bulletin of the Biology Students' Research Society 5: 33-43 pdf

Lazarov S, Naumova M (2010) Two new Harpactea species from Bulgaria (Araneae: Dysderidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117: 101-110 pdf

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

Updates
03-11-2020 Distribution insert Detail
05-06-2015 Image insert