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

Dysdera spinicrus Simon, 1882

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004550

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Description
Male

Bulb 1.1 mm long. Prosoma 3.4 mm long.

Female

Prosoma red-brown, with small grains and punctures. Prosoma 4.7 mm long. Eyes: posteriors equal in size, anteriors one diameter apart. Legs: femur IV with 4 or 5 spines, posterior tibia and metatarsus with numerous spines, posterior tibia with 2 to 10 long ventral spines.

Body length female: 12 mm
Additional information

In forests, open areas, under stones or in litter. Altitude up to 1800 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Nikolić & Polenec (1981): Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia - but there are no confirmations of these records
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Balkans, Greece, Syria
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Adults of both sexes probably all the year.
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Pesarini 2001a)

species

male Embolic division
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Embolic division, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

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female Vulva, anterior part, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

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female Vulva, anterior part, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

female Vulva, anterior part, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

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.

Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (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

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 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

Nikolić F, Polenec A (1981) Catalogus Faunae Jugoslaviae. III/4. Aranea. Cons. Acad. Scient. Publ. Soc. Foed. Jug. 135 pp. pdf

Pesarini C (2001a) Sei nuove specie di Dysderidae d'Italia e di Grecia (Araneae). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 141: 291-301 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
30-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
02-09-2014 Image insert