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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Kut  Kunt, Elverici, Yağmur & Özkütük, 2019   3 species

Kut troglophilus (Brignoli, 1978)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004756

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Description
Male

Prosoma 3.5-4.5 mm long, opisthosoma 3.7-4.7 mm long. Chelicerae: only 3 teeth on retromargin. Legs: femur I with 5 spines, femur II with 4 spines, femur III with 2 spines, femur IV with numerous spines.

Body length male: 7.2-9.2 mm
Female

Prosoma 3.5-4.0 mm long, opisthosoma 5.0-5.5 mm long.

Body length female: 8.5-9.5 mm
Additional information

In caves. Altitude 1200 m.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1988)

species

male Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1978d)

species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kunt et al. 2019)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kunt et al. 2019)

species

male Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Kunt et al. 2019)

species

male Bulbus
(Brignoli 1978d)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Kunt et al. 2019)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Kunt et al. 2019)

Distribution List
Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Brignoli P M (1978d) Ragni di Turchia IV. Leptonetidae, Dysderidae ed Agelenidae nuovi o interessanti di grotte della Turchia meridionale (Araneae). Quaderni di Speleologia, Circolo Speleologico Romano 3: 37-54 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info 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

Kunt K B, Elverici M, Yağmur E A, Özkütük R S (2019) Kut gen. nov., a new troglomorphic spider genus from Turkey (Araneae, Dysderidae) Subterranean Biology 32: 95-109 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 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

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