Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Harpactea  Bristowe, 1939   216 species

Harpactea persephone Gasparo, 2011

Description
Female

Prosoma yellowish-orange, eyes very small, prosoma length: 4.2 mm, prosoma width: 3.05 mm. Chelicerae brown-orange. Opisthosoma whitish.

Body length female: 8.7-8.8 mm
Additional information

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete)
Phenology
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"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.

Greece / Crete   (Gasparo, 2011) |||
References

Gasparo F (2011) Una nuova Harpactea cavernicola di Creta (Araneae, Dysderidae). Atti e Memorie, Commissione Grotte "Eugenio Boegan" 43: 57-65 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

WSC (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (28.2.2025) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
05-02-2026 Distribution update Detail
03-09-2013 Datasheet update Detail
03-09-2013 Image insert