Rhode biscutata Simon, 1893
Description
Male
Prosoma with protruding eye group. Prosoma 1.9-2.4 mm long. Opisthosoma with a dorsal and a ventral scutum.
Body length male: 4.1-4.6 mmFemale
Prosoma red-brown, 2.1-2.6 mm long. Sternum yellowish brown. Eyes well developed. Chelicerae: promargin with 3 teeth, retromargin with one tooth. Legs greenish yellow. Opisthosoma with a reduced ventral scutum, dorsal scutum absent.
Body length female: 4.3-5.1 mmAdditional information
Under rocks in grassland and under shrubs.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Thaler 1990c)
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1979d)
Pedipalp
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Pesarini 1984)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, lateral view
(Beladjal et al. 1996)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, lateral view
(Benslimane et al. 2025)
Bulbus
(Thaler 1990c)
Tip of bulbus
(Thaler 1990c)
Bulbus
(Brignoli 1979d)
Tip of bulbus
(Brignoli 1979d)
Tip of bulbus, apical view
(Beladjal et al. 1996)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Benslimane et al. 2025)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Benslimane et al. 2025)
Tip of bulbus, prolateral view
(Benslimane et al. 2025)
Tip of bulbus, retrolateral view
(Benslimane et al. 2025)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Thaler 1990c)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Thaler 1990c)
Pedicel, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Eyes, antero-dorsal view
(Pesarini 1984)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Epigyne
(Benslimane et al. 2025)
Epigyne
(Benslimane et al. 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1979d)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1978a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Beladjal et al. 1996)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Benslimane et al. 2025)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Thaler 1990c)
Distribution List
References
Beladjal L, Bosmans R, Maelfait J-P (1996) Le genre Rhode Simon dans le Maghreb (Araneae, Dysderidae). Revue Arachnologique 11: 65-75 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Benslimane M, Kherbouche-Abrous O, Sahki-Benabbas I, Bendjoudi D, Bosmans R, Beladjal L (2025) A new Rhode (Araneae, Dysderidae) from Djebel Zaccar, Algeria, with an identification key for the males of the Maghreb. Zootaxa 5679: 101-112
Brignoli P M (1979d) Ragni d'Italia XXIX. Dysderidae nuovi o interessanti (Araneae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 111: 17-26
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1978a) Les araignées du genre Rhode de Yougoslavie (Araneae, Dysderidae). International Journal of Speleology 9: 251-266
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
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Pesarini C (1984) Rhode testudinea n. sp. delle Alpi Cozie, e considerazioni sulla sistematica della tribu' Rhodini. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 125: 81-86
Thaler K (1990c) Das Männchen von Rhode aspinifera (Nikolic) (Arachnida: Araneae, Dysderidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 63: 147-152
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2