Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Stalagtia  Kratochvíl, 1970   8 species

Stalagtia thaleriana  Chatzaki & Arnedo, 2006

Description
Male

Bulbus of male palp very simple. Embolus long, slender, ending in a curved tip. Conductor reduced to small tooth-like apophysis at the base of embolus. Prosoma and legs orange to light brown. Prosoma 1.9-2.4 mm long.

Female

Vulva with small keel-like distal projection in the spermatheca. Colouration as in males. Prosoma 2.1-2.7 mm long. Eyes very close to each other, AME less than 0.5 diameter apart. Chelicerae: promargin with 2 teeth, retromargin with 2 teeth. Legs: coxa IV with one dorsal spine, other coxae spineless, patella III with one or 2 dorsal spines, other patellae spineless, anterior femur with one prolateral spine, posterior femur, tibia and metatarsus with several spines, other segments spineless.

Additional information

Habitat: coastal phrygana, in Pinus, Cupressus and Quercus forests of Crete. Altitude up to 1950 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece (Crete)
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
All year round except for the dry summer months.
Figures
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.

Greece / Crete   (Chatzaki & Arnedo, 2006) ||| Turkey (Asia)  Removed (Danışman et al., 2024a; Coşar et al., 2023c) |||
References

Chatzaki M, Arnedo M A (2006) Taxonomic revision of the epigean representatives of the spider subfamily Harpacteinae (Araneae: Dysderidae) on the island of Crete. Zootaxa 1169: 1-32 pdf

Coşar İ, Danışman T, Yağmur E A, Kunt K B (2023c) Notes on the genus Stalagtia from Turkey with description of a new species (Araneae, Dysderidae). Zootaxa 5352: 289-295 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
03-10-2023 Distribution update Detail
08-05-2023 Image insert