Dysdera crocata C.L. Koch, 1838

Dysdera crocata: Dunin 1992b: 62, fig. 1 (♂♀).

For the complete list of taxonomic references see WSC (2023).

Material. GEORGIA: Republic of Abkhazia: 2♂ 2♀ (ZMMU), Sukhumi, University campus, 42°58'24.0"N 41°04'02.4"E, 07.12.2003 (Y.M. Marusik, G.N. Antipova) .

Comments. This species is the most well-known member of its family, primarily due to its global distribution. It has been extensively studied and treated in 67 taxonomic publications (WSC 2023).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan; natural range spanning from western Europe and North Africa to Central Asia. It is the only dysderid species distributed worldwide due to human-mediated introduction. In the Caucasus, it has been reported from Azerbaijan, Georgia (including Abkhazia), and North Caucasus (Adygeja, Ingushetia, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia-Alania, Stavropol Krai). There are over 50 records of this species in this region (Otto 2022), all of which are confined to the North Caucasus, Caucasus Major, and the eastern coast of the Black Sea. It remains unknown in Armenia and the adjacent Iran (Zamani et al. 2023), and has only been found in a single locality in Azerbaijan.