Male

Embolus thick, transverse. Conductor finger-shaped, projecting in opposite direction to the embolus. Prosoma reddish light brown. Prosoma 2.2-3.1 mm long. Sternum yellow. Legs yellow; tibia I-II and metatarsus I-II with ventral spines. Opisthosoma light grey to yellow, long and slender

Female

Vulva with inverted Y-shaped spermatheca. Prosoma yellowish, cephalic part darker. Prosoma 2.8 mm long. Eyes small, ringed with black, anteriors one diameter apart. Legs yellowish, anterior tibia and metatarsus with ventral spines, femur I with 2 to 5 spines, femur II with 2 to 6 spines, femur III and IV with numerous spines.

Body length female: 8.2 mm

Additional information

Habitat: Pinus, Cupressus and Quercusforests of western Crete, from 500 m to 1200 m a.s.l. This species has anterior tibia and metatarsus with ventral spines, this is exceptional in the genus Harpactea. In caves, also in pine forests, under stones.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)