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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Rhode  Simon, 1882   10 species

Rhode testudinea Pesarini, 1984

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004789

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Description
Male

Prosoma 1.2 mm long.

Body length male: 2.8 mm
Female

Prosoma and sternum red-brown, with grains. Eyes reduced, PME about 2 diameters from PLE. Chelicerae margin with 3 teeth. Opisthosoma with a dorsal and a ventral scutum.

Body length female: 2.7-3.1 mm
Additional information

950-2010 m.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Italy (Alps)
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Pesarini 1984)

species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Tolve et al. 2026)

species

male Bulbus, lateral view
(Tolve et al. 2026)

species

male Eyes, antero-dorsal view
(Pesarini 1984)

species

male Habitus, dorsal view
(Tolve et al. 2026)

species

male Habitus, lateral view
(Tolve et al. 2026)

species

male Habitus, ventral view
(Tolve et al. 2026)

species

female Epigyne
(Tolve et al. 2026)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Tolve et al. 2026)

species

female Habitus, dorsal view
(Tolve et al. 2026)

species

female Habitus, lateral view
(Tolve et al. 2026)

species

female Habitus, ventral view
(Tolve et al. 2026)

Distribution List
Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

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 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

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 pdf

Tolve M, Rizzioli B, Pane A, Isaia M (2026) Spiders of the Orsiera Rocciavrè Natural Park and Foresto Ravine Natural Reserve (NW Italy): a faunistic synthesis with data from the "Biodiversity Monitoring Project". Zoosystema 48: 139-195 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
27-03-2026 Image insert
08-07-2014 Image insert