Dysdera lata Reuss, 1834

Figs 4–5, 25–26, 29

Dysdera lata ReUss 1834: 196 (descr. ♀).

Type material. Holotype ♀ of Dysdera lata from Egypt, deposited in SMF; not examined.

Previous records in the Baleares. Without precise locality (Simon 1914).

New records. Majorca: Palma de Mallorca, Castillo de San Carlos (39°32'47.4''N 2°37'16.8''E), 16m, 1 ♂ 4 ♀♀, under large stones in pine grove, 29.IV.2014 (CJL).

Comments. Dysdera lata is the name giving species of the lata group of Dysdera . Apart from this species, the following are listed as members of this group by Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman (1988): D. westringii O.P.- Cambridge, D. spinicrus Simon, D. taurica Charitonov, D. simoni Deeleman-Reinhold and D. gemina Deeleman- Reinhold. The species D. lata, D. westringii and D. taurica have often been confused in the past, and although Řezáč et al. (2008) gave a detailed redescription of D. taurica, the species is considered a synonym of D. lata in the World Spider Catalogue 2016.

Distribution. Dysdera lata has a remarkable, perhaps secondary distribution, from Morocco and Algeria in the West to Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and Egypt in the East.