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

Dysdera brignoliana Gasparo, 2000

Description
Male

Bulb 1.3 mm long. Prosoma 4.1 mm long.

Body length male: 8.9 mm
Female

Prosoma dark red-brown, covered with punctures. Prosoma 4.6 mm long. Eyes: PME smallest, anteriors 0.5 to 0.7 diameter apart. Chelicerae with 4 teeth. Legs: tibia III with 2 or 3 spines, tibia IV with 1 or 2 spines, metatarsus III with 1 or 2 spines, metatarsus IV with 3 to 5 spines.

Body length female: 11 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy
Phenology
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Females in winter.
Figures
Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Gasparo F (2000) Descrizione di Dysdera brignoliana n. sp. delle Isole Ponziane (Italia centrale) (Araneae Dysderidae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 395-401 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

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

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

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