Dysderella Dunin, 1992

Zamani, Alireza, Marusik, Yuri M. & Szűts, Tamas, 2023, A survey of Dysderella Dunin, 1992 (Araneae, Dysderidae), with a new species from Iran, Zoosystematics and Evolution 99 (2), pp. 337-344 : 337

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.99.104613

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scientific name

Dysderella Dunin, 1992
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Genus Dysderella Dunin, 1992 View in CoL

Type species.

Dysdera transcaspica Dunin & Fet, 1985, from Turkmenistan.

Diagnosis.

The genus is most similar to Dysdera C.L. Koch, 1837, but can be distinguished from it by the smaller size (i.e. carapace <2.1 mm vs.> 4 mm) and the spineless legs I and II (vs. spinose in most species).

Description.

Small-sized (i.e. body length less than 5 mm). Pars cephalica very flat (Figs 1C, F View Figure 1 , 4C View Figure 4 , 6C View Figure 6 ). Interdistance of AMEs smaller than AME diameter. PMEs closely spaced. Legs with few spines; legs III and IV, if spinose, with only a few spines on tibiae and metatarsi. Gnathocoxae and tarsal claws as in Dysdera . Bulb with a hook-like posterior apophysis. Endogyne with П-shaped anterior diverticulum and dumbbell-shaped ‘spermatheca’.

Composition.

Three species, including the new one described here ( WSC 2023).

Distribution.

From Northern Caucasus (Dagestan) southward to Tehran Province of Iran and eastward to southern Turkmenistan (Fig. 8 View Figure 8 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Dysderidae