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Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Pterotricha  Kulczyński, 1903   18 species

Pterotricha lesserti Dalmas, 1921

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027792

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Description
Distribution
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Distribution comment: Portugal: listed by Branco et al. (2019), but far away from the known range, not figured/proven and not counded here
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1995)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1995)

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male Palpal tibia, ventro-retrolateral view
(Dalmas 1921)

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male Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Levy 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Dalmas 1921)

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female Epigyne
(Levy 1995)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy 1995)

Distribution List
Egypt   (Levy, 1995; El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a; Seyyar et al., 2007b) |||
References

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

Dalmas R de (1921) Monographie des Araignées de la section des Pterotricha (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 89: 233-328 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

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Levy G (1995) Revision of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae in Israel (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Journal of Natural History 29: 919-981 pdf

Seyyar O, Demir H, Topçu A (2007b) Three new ground spider records for the Turkish spider fauna (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Serket 10: 123-124 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
10-08-2025 Distribution update Detail
20-12-2024 Distribution update Detail
21-11-2022 Distribution insert Detail
06-05-2021 Datasheet update Detail
29-03-2021 Image insert
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28-03-2021 Distribution update Detail