Dysdera crocata C.L. Koch, 1838

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2024, New data on Dysdera Latreille, 1804 and Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae: Dysderidae) of the Caucasus, with new species and records, Zootaxa 5397 (2), pp. 195-217 : 200-201

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.