Rhodera hypogea Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989
Description
Female
Prosoma dark red, oval, with strong granulations. Prosoma 3.4 mm long. Eyes absent. Legs: tarsal claw of anterior legs with 12 small teeth, tarsal claw of posterior legs with 2 or 3 small teeth, posterior metatarsus and tarsus with claw tuft.
Body length female: 7.6 mmAdditional information
In cave.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1989)
Posterior diverticula, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1989)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1989)
Epigastric region, ventral view
(Deeleman-Reinhold 1989)
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.
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 
Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1989) Rhodera n. gen., hypogea n. sp., araignée microphtalme de l'île de Crête, un fossile vivant? (Araneae: Dysderidae: Dysderinae). Mémoires de Biospéologie 16: 47-51
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
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
| 05-02-2026 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-12-2014 | Image insert |