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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Harpactocrates  Simon, 1914   12 species

Harpactocrates intermedius Dalmas, 1915

Description
Male

Similar to H. drassoides. Male palp with right-angled bulbal neck. Embolus with distal scale. Aboral sclerites with bulge-like sclerotisation on vertical part. Prosoma 4.2-4.5 mm long.

Body length male: 9-11 mm
Female

Similar to H. drassoides. Prosoma 4.6 mm long. Legs: femur III with 0 to 2 spines.

Body length female: 9-11 mm
Additional information

In pine and beech forests, in litter. Altitude 1200-1500 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France, Italy
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
France   (no references) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

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

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

Thaler K, Madlener I (1979) Die Harpactocrates-Arten der Westalpen (Arachnida: Aranei, Dysderidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 52: 359-367 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