Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Minotauria  Kulczyński, 1903   2 species

Minotauria fagei  (Kratochvíl, 1970)

Description
Male

Palp: patella as long as tarsus, bulb 3 times as long as wide, embolus distally slightly curved. Prosoma 3.7 mm long.

Body length male: 8.2 mm
Female

Vulva: spermatheca slightly thinner at its base, ventral arch of the anterior diverticulum laterally with triangular structure. Prosoma yellow-brown, cephalic part darker. Prosoma 4.7 mm long. Eyes absent. Legs: femur I with numerous spines all along the prolateral side.

Body length female: 9.7 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece (Crete)
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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   (no references) |||
References

Gasparo F (2004b) Note sul genere Minotauria Kulczyński, 1903, con ridescrizione del maschio di M. fagei (Kratochvíl, 1970) stat. nov. (Araneae, Dysderidae). Atti e Memorie, Commissione Grotte "Eugenio Boegan" 39: 51-65 pdf

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 pdf

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 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