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

Dysdera spinicrus Simon, 1882

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004550

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Description
Male

Bulb 1.1 mm long. Prosoma 3.4 mm long.

Female

Prosoma red-brown, with small grains and punctures. Prosoma 4.7 mm long. Eyes: posteriors equal in size, anteriors one diameter apart. Legs: femur IV with 4 or 5 spines, posterior tibia and metatarsus with numerous spines, posterior tibia with 2 to 10 long ventral spines.

Body length female: 12 mm
Additional information

In forests, open areas, under stones or in litter. Altitude up to 1800 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Nikolić & Polenec (1981): Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia - but there are no confirmations of these records
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Balkans, Greece, Syria
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Adults of both sexes probably all the year.
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pesarini 2001a)

species

male Embolic division
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Embolic division, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

female Vulva, anterior part, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

female Vulva, anterior part, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

female Vulva, anterior part, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

Distribution List
Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (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

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 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

Nikolić F, Polenec A (1981) Catalogus Faunae Jugoslaviae. III/4. Aranea. Cons. Acad. Scient. Publ. Soc. Foed. Jug. 135 pp. pdf

Pesarini C (2001a) Sei nuove specie di Dysderidae d'Italia e di Grecia (Araneae). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 141: 291-301 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
30-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
02-09-2014 Image insert