Dysdera cribrata Simon, 1882
Description
Male
Characters as in female.
Female
Prosoma dark red-brown, almost black, covered with punctures. Prosoma 2.7-3.7 mm long. Sternum almost smooth. Eyes: anteriors slightly larger than posteriors, anteriors one diameter apart. Legs: femur III and IV spineless, tibia III with 6 or 7 spines, tibia IV with one ventral spine, 2 or 3 apical spines, one prolateral and one retrolateral very small spine, metatarsus III and IV with numerous spines.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Simon 1914)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Isaia & Chiarle 2015)
Apical part of bulbus
(Isaia & Chiarle 2015)
Vulva, ventral view
(Isaia & Chiarle 2015)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Isaia & Chiarle 2015)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Isaia & Chiarle 2015)
Sternum
(Isaia & Chiarle 2015)
Epigastric region, ventral view
(Isaia & Chiarle 2015)
Distribution List
References
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Isaia M, Chiarle A (2015) Taxonomic notes on Cybaeus vignai Brignoli, 1977 (Araneae, Cybaeidae) and Dysdera cribrata Simon, 1882 (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Italian Maritime Alps. Zoosystema 37: 45-56
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2