Dysdera dunini Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988
Description
Male
Bulb 1 mm long. Prosoma 2.8 mm long.
Female
Prosoma dark red, covered with punctures. Eyes: equal in size, anteriors 0.5 diameter apart. Chelicerae with reduced teeth. Legs: tibia III with 4 or 5 spines, tibia IV with 4 spines, metatarsus III with 6 or 7 spines, metatarsus IV with 9 spines.
Additional information
In forests.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Tip of bulbus, distal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Dunin 1992b)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Dunin 1992b)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Zamani & Marusik 2024)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Zamani & Marusik 2024)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Zamani & Marusik 2024)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Zamani & Marusik 2024)
Tip of bulbus, retrolateral view
(Varol & Danışman 2017)
Tip of bulbus, prolateral view
(Varol & Danışman 2017)
Embolic division, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva
(Dunin 1992b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Zamani & Marusik 2024)
Distribution List
References
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 
Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269
Dunin P M (1992b) The spider family Dysderidae of the Caucasian fauna (Arachnida Aranei Haplogynae). Arthropoda Selecta 1(3): 35-76
Komnenov M, Pitta E, Zografou K, Chatzaki M (2016) Discovering the still unexplored arachnofauna of the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli, NE Greece: a taxonomic review with description of new species. Zootaxa 4096: 1-66
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Varol M İ, Danışman T (2017) Two new records of Dysdera from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae). Serket 15: 154-156
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Zamani A, Marusik Y M (2024) New data on Dysdera Latreille, 1804 and Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae: Dysderidae) of the Caucasus, with new species and records. Zootaxa 5397: 195-217