Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Stalagtia  Kratochvíl, 1970   8 species

Stalagtia thaleriana Chatzaki & Arnedo, 2006

Description
Male

Bulbus of male palp very simple. Embolus long, slender, ending in a curved tip. Conductor reduced to small tooth-like apophysis at the base of embolus. Prosoma and legs orange to light brown. Prosoma 1.9-2.4 mm long.

Female

Vulva with small keel-like distal projection in the spermatheca. Colouration as in males. Prosoma 2.1-2.7 mm long. Eyes very close to each other, AME less than 0.5 diameter apart. Chelicerae: promargin with 2 teeth, retromargin with 2 teeth. Legs: coxa IV with one dorsal spine, other coxae spineless, patella III with one or 2 dorsal spines, other patellae spineless, anterior femur with one prolateral spine, posterior femur, tibia and metatarsus with several spines, other segments spineless.

Additional information

Habitat: coastal phrygana, in Pinus, Cupressus and Quercus forests of Crete. Altitude up to 1950 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete)
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
All year round except for the dry summer months.
Figures
Distribution List
Greece / Crete   (Chatzaki & Arnedo, 2006) ||| Turkey (Asia)  Removed (Danışman et al., 2025a; Coşar et al., 2023c) |||
References

Chatzaki M, Arnedo M A (2006) Taxonomic revision of the epigean representatives of the spider subfamily Harpacteinae (Araneae: Dysderidae) on the island of Crete. Zootaxa 1169: 1-32 pdf

Coşar İ, Danışman T, Yağmur E A, Kunt K B (2023c) Notes on the genus Stalagtia from Turkey with description of a new species (Araneae, Dysderidae). Zootaxa 5352: 289-295 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info 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
03-10-2023 Distribution update Detail
08-05-2023 Image insert