Embolus thick, transverse. Conductor finger-shaped, projecting in opposite direction to the embolus. Prosoma reddish light brown. Prosoma 2.2-3.1 mm long. Sternum yellow. Legs yellow; tibia I-II and metatarsus I-II with ventral spines. Opisthosoma light grey to yellow, long and slender
Vulva with inverted Y-shaped spermatheca. Prosoma yellowish, cephalic part darker. Prosoma 2.8 mm long. Eyes small, ringed with black, anteriors one diameter apart. Legs yellowish, anterior tibia and metatarsus with ventral spines, femur I with 2 to 5 spines, femur II with 2 to 6 spines, femur III and IV with numerous spines.
Body length female: 8.2 mmHabitat: Pinus, Cupressus and Quercusforests of western Crete, from 500 m to 1200 m a.s.l. This species has anterior tibia and metatarsus with ventral spines, this is exceptional in the genus Harpactea. In caves, also in pine forests, under stones.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
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"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.
Brignoli P M (1984b) Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 91: 281-321
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
Gasparo F (2011) Una nuova Harpactea cavernicola di Creta (Araneae, Dysderidae). Atti e Memorie, Commissione Grotte "Eugenio Boegan" 43: 57-65
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
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
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
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