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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Rhode  Simon, 1882   9 species

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 mm
Female

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 mm
Additional information

Under rocks in grassland and under shrubs.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Algeria, Tunisia, Italy
Phenology
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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.

Algeria   (Beladjal et al., 1996; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Tunisia   (Beladjal et al., 1996) |||
References

Beladjal L, Bosmans R, Maelfait J-P (1996) Le genre Rhode Simon dans le Maghreb (Araneae, Dysderidae). Revue Arachnologique 11: 65-75 pdf

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Brignoli P M (1979d) Ragni d'Italia XXIX. Dysderidae nuovi o interessanti (Araneae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 111: 17-26 pdf

Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1978a) Les araignées du genre Rhode de Yougoslavie (Araneae, Dysderidae). International Journal of Speleology 9: 251-266 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 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

Thaler K (1990c) Das Männchen von Rhode aspinifera (Nikolic) (Arachnida: Araneae, Dysderidae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 63: 147-152 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
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