Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Dysdera  Latreille, 1804   214 species

Dysdera neocretica  Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988

Description
Male

Bulb 0.7 mm long. Prosoma 2 mm long. Opisthosoma with a ventral scutum.

Female

Prosoma yellow-brown, 2 mm long. Prosoma and sternum smooth, covered with sparse grains. Eyes: anteriors 0.5 to 0.75 diameter apart. Chelicerae with 3 teeth. Legs: tibia III with 3 to 5 spines, tibia IV with one to 4 spines.

Additional information

In bushes, near streams, under Platanus orientalis and in litter.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Greece (Crete), Turkey
Phenology
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Figures
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.

Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Coşar İ, Yağmur E A, Danışman T, Özkütük R S, Kunt, K B (2024d) Two new species of Dysdera (Aranei: Dysderidae) from Turkey. Arthropoda Selecta 33: 383-390 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1978b) Revision of the cave-dwelling and related spiders of the genus Troglohyphantes Joseph (Linyphiidae), with special reference to the yugoslav species. Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede, Classis IV, Historia Naturalis (Prirod. Vede) 23: 1-220 pdf

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 pdf

Deeleman-Reinhold C L, Deeleman P R (1988) Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 141-269 pdf

Varol M İ, Danışman T (2018b) Dysdera neocretica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988, a new record from Turkey (Araneae: Dysderidae). Serket 16: 87-89 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
16-11-2024 Distribution update Detail
26-09-2024 Image insert
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05-11-2018 Distribution update Detail
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