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Prodidomidae  Simon, 1884 / Prodidomus  Hentz, 1847   7 species

Prodidomus rufus Hentz, 1847

Description
Female

Prosoma without fovea, brown-orange, anterior median eyes bordered black, cheliceral claws black, sternum yellowish with a reddish ridge, discontinuous between coxae IV, opisthosoma dorsally reddish, ventrally whitish.

Body length female: 5.0 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Native probably to Africa, Mediterranean, Israel, Iraq. Introduced to USA, Cuba, Chile, Argentina, St. Helena, Ascension, China, Japan, New Caledonia
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Distribution List
Greece   (Hadjissarantos, 1940) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Hadjissarantos H (1940) Les araignées de l'Attique. Athens, 132 pp pdf

Pérez J A, Blasco A (1986) Nota sobre los Prodidominae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) de la Peninsula Iberica. Mémoires de la Société Royal Belge d'Entomologie 33: 155-164 pdf

Platnick N I, Baehr B (2006) A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 298: 1-287 pdf

Sherwood D, Gringet V, Marusik Y M, Sharp A (2023c) Prodidomus Hentz, 1847 and Zimiris Simon, 1882 on Ascension Island (Araneae: Prodidomidae). Natura Somogyiensis 41: 85-91 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
28-11-2023 Image insert
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