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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Dysdera  Latreille, 1804   220 species

Dysdera flavitarsis Simon, 1882

Description
Male

Palp dark red-brown, tarsus as long as tibia. Bulb: the point longer than the lobe, very thick, bent at its base, with a strong, obtuse protuberance on this bend. Prosoma 3 mm long.

Female

Prosoma dark red-brown, almost black, covered with punctures. Prosoma 3 mm long. Sternum bright red. Eyes: anteriors much larger than posteriors, PLE larger than PME, anteriors 0.7 diameter apart. Legs red-brown, all segments spineless, except metatarsus III and IV with 2 small spines.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain
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Distribution List
Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Crespo L C, Silva I, Enguídanos A, Cardoso P, Arnedo M A (2021) The Atlantic connection: coastal habitat favoured long distance dispersal and colonization of Azores and Madeira by Dysdera spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 19: 906-927 pdf

Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
09-12-2021 Image insert
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