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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Dysdera  Latreille, 1804   220 species

Dysdera agadirensis Lecigne, 2023

Description
Female

Colour: prosoma reddish orange, edged by a thin black line more marked anteriorly; chelicerae reddish orange; legs orange, hind ones lighter; sternum orange brown; opisthosoma pale yellow.
Prosoma: flat, with very fine granulation. Anterior eyes separated by one time their diameter. Height of clypeus: 1.1 times the diameter of the anterior eyes. Chelicerae massive, projected, margin with three teeth, the middle one the smallest; basal part with a smooth keel.
Legs: Fe I, 2–3 prolateral-apical (last quarter) spines; Fe II, 1 prolateral-apical (last quarter) spine; Fe IV, 4-6 dorso-basal spines.

Vulva: dorsal arch of diverticulum 1.6 times wider (without posterior ends) than long, evenly rounded, lateral sides straight, posterior extremities directed outwards, posterior cavity regularly convex; spermatheca only slightly wider than dorsal arch of diverticulum (in its median part), outer margins directed slightly forwards; transverse bar sub-rectilinear, 2 times wider than spermatheca, extremities rounded.

Body length female: 9.4-11.1 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Only known from one cave system in the Western High Atlas.
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Morocco
Phenology
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Distribution List
Morocco   (Lecigne et al., 2023; Benhalima & Bosmans, 2024) |||
References

Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535 pdf

Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – first note – on new records of cave spiders. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 44-71 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
17-07-2025 Distribution update Detail
20-01-2024 Datasheet update Detail
15-01-2024 Image insert
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