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

Dysdera presai  Ferrández, 1984

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004522

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Description
Male

The bulb presents 2 forms: a form with a strong spur-shaped appendix, which is a projection of the anterior sclerotized stripe, and with the tip of the bulb showing a couple of pointed laminae, and a second form without the appendix, and with the tip of the bulb showing a couple of short and wide laminae. Prosoma 2.2-3.7 mm long.

Body length male: 5.8-7.9 mm
Female

Prosoma 2.8-4 mm long. Legs: femur I with one or 2 spines, femur II with one spine, femur III with one to 3 spines, femur IV with 3 to 5 spines.

Body length female: 6.3-9.7 mm
Additional information

In dry areas.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2025): Spain
Adults of both sexes in winter and spring.
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2024c)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2024c)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2024c)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Barrientos et al. 2024c)

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male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Ferrández 1989)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Ferrández 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.

Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Barrientos J A, De Mas E, Gavín-Centol M P, Pertegal C, Salazar B, Fenoy E, Balanzategui I, Mederos J, Montserrat M, Barranco P, Moya-Laraño J (2024c) Arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) del Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Almería, España); 2ª aportación. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 45: 27-59 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Ferrández M A (1989) Notas sobre los disdéridos ibéricos. V. Nuevos datos, cartografía y caracterización de la hembra de Dysdera presai Ferrández, 1985 (Araneae: Dysderidae). Anales de Biologia, Universidad de Murcia 15: 29-31 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
08-01-2025 Image insert
26-03-2013 Image insert