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

Harpactea grisea (Canestrini, 1868)

Description
Male

Palp: patella with a strong protuberance, tip of bulb with a complex strip-shaped structure. Prosoma 2.9-3.1 mm long.

Female

Prosoma 3.3 mm long. Legs: femur I with 4 to 8 spines, femur II, III and IV with numerous spines.

Body length female: 6.78 mm
Additional information

On debris slope.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovenia
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Males in autumn.
Figures
Distribution List
Austria   (no references) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Liechtenstein   (Arnold, 2001) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Switzerland   (no references) |||
References

Alicata P (1966c) Le Harpactea (Araneae, Dysderidae) della fauna italiana e considerazioni sulla loro origine. Atti dell' Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania (6) 18: 190-221 pdf

Arnold K (2001) Beitrag zur Spinnenfauna (Arachnida, Araneae) des Fürstentums Liechtenstein. Berichte der Botanisch-Zoologischen Gesellschaft Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 28: 211-244 pdf

Brignoli P M (1979d) Ragni d'Italia XXIX. Dysderidae nuovi o interessanti (Araneae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 111: 17-26 pdf

Gasparo F (2014b) Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 del Carso triestino (Araneae, Dysderidae). Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 56: 207-217 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 pdf

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 pdf

Pesarini C (unpubl.)

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

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