Dysdera festai Caporiacco, 1929
Description
Male
Bulb 1.2 mm long. Prosoma 2.6-2.9 mm long.
Female
Prosoma bright orange, 2.8-3.6 mm long. Prosoma and sternum smooth, covered with punctures. Eyes: anteriors less than 0.5 diameter apart. Chelicerae with 4 small teeth. Legs: femur spineless, tibia III with one prolateral spine, tibia IV with one ventral spine, metatarsus IV with 4 spines.
Additional information
In deciduous forests, in litter.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Bulbus, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1980b)
Tip of bulbus, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1980b)
Bulbus, anterior view
(Bellvert et al. 2024)
Bulbus, anterior view
(Bellvert et al. 2024)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Bellvert et al. 2024)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Bellvert et al. 2024)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Bellvert et al. 2024)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Bellvert et al. 2024)
Prosoma, frontal part, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Prosoma, frontal part, dorsal view
(Bellvert et al. 2024)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)
Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1980b)
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.
References
Bellvert A, Dimitrov D, Zamani A, Arnedo M A (2024) Integrating museum collections and molecules reveals genus-level synonymy and new species in red devil spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Middle East and Central Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy 921: 201-235 
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
Brignoli P M (1980b) Some new or interesting eastern Mediterranean Dysderidae and Agelenidae (Araneae). Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 35: 75-82
Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2