Dysdera romana Gasparo & Di Franco, 2008
Description
Female
Very similar to D. apenninica. Prosoma reddish-brown, with fine grains. Prosoma 2.6-3.6 mm long. Legs: femur IV with one to 3 spines, posterior tibia and metatarsus with several spines.
Body length female: 8.6 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)
Bulbus, posterior view
(Fusco et al. 2024)
Bulbus, postero-lateral view
(Fusco et al. 2024)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Fusco et al. 2024)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Fusco et al. 2024)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)
Vulva, ventral view
(Gasparo & Di Franco 2008)
Distribution List
References
Fusco T, Fattorini S, Fortini L, Ruzzier E, Di Giulio A (2024) Ground spiders (Chelicerata, Araneae) of an urban green space: intensive sampling in a protected area of Rome (Italy) reveals a high diversity and new records to the Italian territory. Biodiversity Data Journal 12(e122896): 1-181 
Gasparo F, Di Franco F (2008) Descrizione di Dysdera romana n. sp. del Lazio (Araneae, Dysderidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 40: 1-8
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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