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

Dysdera minuta Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988

Description
Male

Bulb 0.5 mm  long. Prosoma 1.6 mm long. Opisthosoma with a ventral scutum.

Body length male: 4.8 mm
Female

Prosoma and sternum yellow-brown, grainy, covered with sparse punctures. Prosoma 1.7 mm long. Eyes: posteriors almost equal in size. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs: tibia III and IV with 2 spines.

Body length female: 5.1 mm
Additional information

In fields on calcareous areas and under stones.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Rhodes)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269 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
04-02-2026 Distribution update Detail