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

Dysdera agadirensis  Lecigne, 2023

Description
Female

Colour: prosoma reddish orange, edged by a thin black line more marked anteriorly; chelicerae reddish orange; legs orange, hind ones lighter; sternum orange brown; opisthosoma pale yellow.
Prosoma: flat, with very fine granulation. Anterior eyes separated by one time their diameter. Height of clypeus: 1.1 times the diameter of the anterior eyes. Chelicerae massive, projected, margin with three teeth, the middle one the smallest; basal part with a smooth keel.
Legs: Fe I, 2–3 prolateral-apical (last quarter) spines; Fe II, 1 prolateral-apical (last quarter) spine; Fe IV, 4-6 dorso-basal spines.

Vulva: dorsal arch of diverticulum 1.6 times wider (without posterior ends) than long, evenly rounded, lateral sides straight, posterior extremities directed outwards, posterior cavity regularly convex; spermatheca only slightly wider than dorsal arch of diverticulum (in its median part), outer margins directed slightly forwards; transverse bar sub-rectilinear, 2 times wider than spermatheca, extremities rounded.

Body length female: 9.4-11.1 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Only known from one cave system in the Western High Atlas.
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Morocco
Phenology
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"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.

Morocco   (Lecigne et al., 2023) |||
References

Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2023) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – first note – on new records of cave spiders. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 44-71 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
20-01-2024 Datasheet update Detail
15-01-2024 Image insert
10-01-2024 Distribution insert Detail