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

Dysdera minuta Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988

Description
Male

Bulb 0.5 mm  long. Prosoma 1.6 mm long. Opisthosoma with a ventral scutum.

Body length male: 4.8 mm
Female

Prosoma and sternum yellow-brown, grainy, covered with sparse punctures. Prosoma 1.7 mm long. Eyes: posteriors almost equal in size. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs: tibia III and IV with 2 spines.

Body length female: 5.1 mm
Additional information

In fields on calcareous areas and under stones.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Rhodes)
Phenology
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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   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
References

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 pdf

Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269 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
04-02-2026 Distribution update Detail