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

Dysdera sultani Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004555

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Description

Prosoma brown, with fine grains. Prosoma 4.4 mm long. Eyes: anteriors less than 0.5 diameter apart. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs: femur IV with 3 to 5 dorsal spines, posterior tibia and metatarsus with 3 to 14 spines.

Additional information

In pine forests, under stones.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece, Turkey
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

male Tip of bulbus, distal view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

male Tip of bulbus, laterofrontal view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

male Tip of bulbus, retrolateral-ventral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

male Tip of bulbus, posterior view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

male Tip of bulbus, prolateral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

male Tip of bulbus, retrolateral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

male Embolic division
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Özkütük et al. 2019a)

species

Chelicerae, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

Distribution List
Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
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

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info 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

Özkütük R S, Kaya R S, Yağmur E A, Danışman T, Gücel S, Kunt K B (2019a) Redescription of Dysdera sultani (Araneae: Dysderidae) with the first description of the female. Arachnolgische Mitteilungen 57: 21-25 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
05-02-2026 Distribution update Detail
14-02-2019 Image insert