Dysdera galinae Dimitrov, 2018
Description
Male
Prosoma length 5.95, width 3.70; clypeus width 0.65; chelicera length 2.18, width 0.85; sternum length (incl. labium) 4.45, width 2.15; opisthosoma length 5.25, width 3.00.
Colouration: Prosoma intense red-brown. Sternum and chelicerae reddish, a little lighter than prosoma. Legs yellow. Opisthosoma grey-white. Dorsal surface of chelicerae and anterior dorsal part of prosoma covered with tiny, seta-bearing tubercles. Eyes: AE separated by 0.5× their diameter, posterior eye row procurved; posterior eyes close to each other and to AE, almost touching.
Male palp: bulb orange, shaped as an irregular cylinder. Apex with convex an oval chitinized part, bearing thorn-like process, projecting outwards from its centre and directed forward.
Body length male: 11.3 mmFemale
Prosoma length 6.75, width 4.15; clypeus 0.60; chelicera length 2.10, width 0.98; sternum length (incl. labium) 5.25, width 2.55; opisthosoma length 7.50, width 3.75.
Colouration and eye arrangement as in male.
Vulva: spermatheca with straight lateral wings. Dorsal arc of anterior diverticulum shaped like a regularly curved arc, dorsal arc of posterior diverticulum likewise straight. Ventral wall triangular.
Body length female: 14.35 mmDistribution
Figures
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Dimitrov 2018b)
Bulbus, prolateral view
(Dimitrov 2018b)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Dimitrov 2018b)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Dimitrov 2018b)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Dimitrov 2018b)
Bulbus, ventral view
(Dimitrov 2018b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Dimitrov 2018b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Dimitrov 2018b)
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
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 
Dimitrov D (2018b) A contribution to the study of Turkish Dysderidae with description of a new Dysdera (Araneae, Dysderidae). Arachnology 17: 457-462
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