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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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Distribution List

"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.

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