Dysdera

Dysdera is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.^[2] They originated from Central Asia to Central Europe.

Dysdera Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dysdera erythrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dysderidae
Genus:	Dysdera Latreille, 1804[1]
Type species
D. erythrina (Walckenaer, 1802)
Species
297, see text

The family has gained many common names from their individual species, including the "European garden spider", the "slater-eating spider", the "sow-bug killer", the "woodlouse hunter", and the "woodlouse spider".^[3]

A bite from one of these spiders can be painful due to their large fangs and wide jaw. It may leave an itchy, swollen, or red bump, but the venom from one of their bites is not harmful to humans.^[3]

Description

The eye arrangement of spiders in the genus Dysdera

Adults have a reddish-brown body and legs, and can grow up to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long. Females are generally larger growing from 1.1 to 1.5 centimetres (0.43 to 0.59 in), while males are about 0.9 to 1 centimetre (0.35 to 0.39 in).^[4] Their six eyes are close together in an oval shape, and they have eight reddish legs, the second pair facing backward.^[3]

Dysdera live in natural shelters, which they wrap by totally white silk. The inhabitants of hot and humid forest will take any potential shelter on or close to the ground. The shelters are used to hide from predators as well as for keeping the spider warm. During the day, they are commonly found taking shelter under objects like gravel with organic material covering it, in forests beneath bark or leaf litter, and occasionally in suburban gardens.^[5]

Diet

Dysdera are one of the few known arthropods to hunt and prey on woodlice, one of their main food sources. These spiders have wide jaws and large fangs to help to overcome the solid armor-like shells of woodlice. It makes them powerful predators for their size, allowing them to dominate or kill competitors, such as centipedes or other spiders. D. crocata is the only species from the Dysdera family known to prey on other spiders.^[6]

They can also excrete certain enzymes that neutralize the chemical defenses of potential prey, allowing them to subsist on other common ground-dwelling invertebrates, including silverfish, earwigs, millipedes, and small burying beetles.

Mating

Mating is mainly done during the month of April. The female is the main caregiver for the young. After mating, the male has minimal to no role in the child rearing process.^[6] Before laying the eggs, females will make a silk pouch to protect and give them shelter. She can lay up to seventy eggs at once,^[4] and will stay in the silk pouch with the eggs, protecting them and waiting for them to hatch.

Distribution

The D. crocata, D. ninnii, D. dubrovninnii, D. hungarica, and D. longirostris are the five species still found in Central Europe after the last glacial period.^[6] They are also abundantly found in North African countries like Morocco and Egypt, but also in Ethiopia, the Iberian Peninsula, and Australia. In the United States, Dysdera crocata is found from New England down to Georgia, and all the way across the country in California. At least two species inhabit South America: D. solers in Colombia- possibly a relict species from the post-miocene era- and D. magna in Brazil, Uruguay, and the central area of Chile.

Canary Islands

Dysdera inhabits all of the Macaronesian archipelagos, but the most drastic variety is in the Canary Islands, a 22 million year old volcanic archipelago nearly 100 kilometres (62 mi) off the northwestern coast of Africa. These islands house over forty endemic species of Dysdera, thirty-six of which likely descended from a single ancestor, and six of which are associated with the oldest eastern island.^[7] On Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the spider populations are limited to the highest elevation.

The most likely reason that these spiders are so abundant on the Canary Islands is due to the abundance of species on the nearby Iberian Peninsula and North Africas. Groups like Dysdera crocata and Dysdera erythrina, found on two neighboring lands, are found more often than D. lata and Dysdera longirostris, found also in North Africa and Iberia.^[7] Over time, these spiders either made their way to the islands or diversified when adapting to the different environments found in the islands.

In total, two to four colonization events are assumed. This probably happened by rafting, or even more likely by transport on floating islands, for Dysdera is not known to use ballooning. Dydera lancerotensis is the only species where an independent origin from continental ancestors is unquestionable; it was originally described as a subspecies of Dysdera crocata. While some of the remaining Macaronesian archipelagos have been colonized from the Canaries, the Azores have been independently colonized from the continent.

The radiation of Dysdera is surpassed on the Canary Islands only by the snail genus Napaeus, the millipede genus Dolichoiulus, and the beetle genera Attalus and Laparocerus.

Species

As of October 2025^[update] this genus contains 327 species and ten subspecie.^[1]

A study published in 2021 used an integrative approach combining morphological and molecular evidence to describe 8 species new to science as well as re-describing and synonymising some existing species.^[8]

These species have articles on Wikipedia:

• Dysdera aberrans Gasparo, 2010 – Italy
• Dysdera aculeata Kroneberg, 1875 – Central Asia. Introduced to Croatia
• Dysdera adriatica Kulczyński, 1897 – Austria, Balkans
• Dysdera affinis Ferrández, 1996 – Spain
• Dysdera alentejana Ferrández, 1996 – Portugal, Spain
• Dysdera ancora Grasshoff, 1959 – Italy
• Dysdera anonyma Ferrández, 1984 – Spain
• Dysdera apenninica Alicata, 1964 – Italy
• Dysdera arganoi Gasparo, 2004 – Italy
• Dysdera armenica Charitonov, 1956 – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
• Dysdera aurgitana Ferrández, 1996 – Spain
• Dysdera castillonensis Ferrández, 1996 – Spain
• Dysdera crocata C. L. Koch, 1838 – Azores, Europe, Northern Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Iraq, Central Asia. Introduced to North America, Chile, Brazil, St. Helena, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii
• Dysdera erythrina (Walckenaer, 1802) – Southwestern and Western to Central Europe (type species)

Complete species list as of October 2025[update]

Dysdera aberrans Gasparo, 2010 – Italy Dysdera achaemenes Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera aciculata Simon, 1882 – Algeria Dysdera aculeata Kroneberg, 1875 – Central Asia. Introduced to Croatia Dysdera adriatica Kulczyński, 1897 – Austria, Balkans Dysdera affinis Ferrández, 1996 – Spain Dysdera afghana Denis, 1958 – Afghanistan Dysdera agadirensis Lecigne, 2023 – Morocco Dysdera akpinarae Varol, 2016 – Turkey Dysdera alegranzaensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera alentejana Ferrández, 1996 – Portugal, Spain Dysdera algarvensis Wunderlich, 2023 – Portugal Dysdera algarvula Wunderlich, 2023 – Portugal Dysdera ambulotenta Ribera, Ferrández & Blasco, 1986 – Canary Islands Dysdera anatoliae Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Turkey, Georgia Dysdera ancora Grasshoff, 1959 – Italy Dysdera andamanae Arnedo & Ribera, 1997 – Canary Islands Dysdera andreae Lecigne, 2025 – Morocco Dysdera andreinii Caporiacco, 1928 – Italy, Albania Dysdera aneris Macías-Hernández & Arnedo, 2010 – Selvagens Is. Dysdera anonyma Ferrández, 1984 – Spain Dysdera apenninica Alicata, 1964 – Italy D. a. aprutiana Alicata, 1964 – Italy Dysdera arabiafelix Gasparo & van Harten, 2006 – Yemen Dysdera arabica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Oman Dysdera arabisenen Arnedo & Ribera, 1997 – Canary Islands Dysdera argaeica Nosek, 1905 – Turkey Dysdera arganoi Gasparo, 2004 – Italy Dysdera armenica Charitonov, 1956 – Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan Dysdera arnedoi Lissner, 2017 – Spain (Majorca) Dysdera arnoldii Charitonov, 1956 – Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan Dysdera asiatica Nosek, 1905 – Turkey Dysdera atabekia Zamani & Marusik, 2024 – Azerbaijan Dysdera atlantea Denis, 1954 – Morocco Dysdera atlantica Simon, 1909 – Morocco Dysdera aurgitana Ferrández, 1996 – Spain Dysdera azerbajdzhanica Charitonov, 1956 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan) Dysdera baetica Ferrández, 1984 – Spain Dysdera bakhanovi Fomichev, 2023 – Georgia Dysdera bakhtiari Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera balearica Thorell, 1873 – Spain (Majorca) Dysdera bandamae Schmidt, 1973 – Canary Islands Dysdera baratellii Pesarini, 2001 – Italy Dysdera bartang Fomichev, 2024 – Tajikistan Dysdera beieri Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece Dysdera bellimundi Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Montenegro, Albania Dysdera bernardi Denis, 1966 – Libya Dysdera bicolor Taczanowski, 1874 – French Guiana Dysdera bicornis Fage, 1931 – Spain Dysdera bidentata Dunin, 1990 – Azerbaijan Dysdera bogatschevi Dunin, 1990 – Georgia, Azerbaijan Dysdera borealicaucasica Dunin, 1991 – Russia (Caucasus) Dysdera bottazziae Caporiacco, 1951 – Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Dysdera breviseta Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera brevispina Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera brignoliana Gasparo, 2000 – Italy Dysdera brignolii Dunin, 1989 – Turkmenistan Dysdera caeca Ribera, 1993 – Morocco Dysdera calderensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands Dysdera caspica Dunin, 1990 – Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan) Dysdera castillonensis Ferrández, 1996 – Spain Dysdera catalonica Řezáč, 2018 – Spain, France Dysdera cechica Řezáč, 2018 – Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia? Dysdera centroitalica Gasparo, 1997 – Italy Dysdera cephalonica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece Dysdera cetophonorum Crespo & Arnedo, 2021 – Azores Dysdera charitonowi Mcheidze, 1979 – Georgia Dysdera chioensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera circularis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece Dysdera citauca Crespo & Arnedo, 2021 – Madeira Dysdera coiffaiti Denis, 1962 – Madeira Dysdera collucata Dunin, 1991 – Armenia Dysdera concinna L. Koch, 1878 – Azerbaijan, Iran Dysdera corallina Risso, 1826 – Spain, France Dysdera corfuensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Albania, Greece (Corfu) Dysdera cornipes Karsch, 1881 – Tunisia, Libya Dysdera cribellata Simon, 1883 – Canary Islands Dysdera cribrata Simon, 1882 – France, Italy, Andorra Dysdera cristata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Syria, Lebanon Dysdera crocata C. L. Koch, 1838 – Azores, Europe, Northern Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Iraq, Central Asia. Introduced to North America, Chile, Brazil, St. Helena, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii D. c. mutica Simon, 1911 – Algeria D. c. parvula Simon, 1911 – Algeria Dysdera crocolita Simon, 1911 – Algeria Dysdera curviseta Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands Dysdera cylindrica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – Pakistan Dysdera daghestanica Dunin, 1991 – Russia (Caucasus) Dysdera damavandica Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera dentichelis Simon, 1882 – Lebanon Dysdera deserticola Simon, 1911 – Algeria Dysdera dissimilis Crespo & Arnedo, 2021 – Madeira Dysdera diversa Blackwall, 1862 – Madeira Dysdera dolanskyi Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera drescoi Ribera, 1983 – Morocco Dysdera dubrovninnii Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Slovakia, Croatia to Albania, Romania, Ukraine Dysdera dunini Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Turkey, Ukraine, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan?) Dysdera dushengi Lin, Chang & Li, 2020 – Kazakhstan, China Dysdera dysderoides (Caporiacco, 1947) – Ethiopia Dysdera edumifera Ferrández, 1983 – Spain Dysdera elamana Zamani & Marusik, 2023 – Iran Dysdera elburzica (Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023) – Iran Dysdera enghoffi Arnedo, Oromí & Ribera, 1997 – Canary Islands Dysdera enguriensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Bulgaria, Turkey Dysdera erythrina (Walckenaer, 1802) – Southwestern and Western to Central Europe (type species) Dysdera espanoli Ribera & Ferrández, 1986 – Spain Dysdera esquiveli Ribera & Blasco, 1986 – Canary Islands Dysdera exigua Crespo & Cardoso, 2021 – Madeira Dysdera fabrorum Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera falciformis Barrientos & Ferrández, 1982 – Spain Dysdera fedtschenkoi Dunin, 1992 – Tajikistan Dysdera ferghanica Dunin, 1985 – Kyrgyzstan Dysdera ferrandezi Barrientos & Hernández-Corral, 2022 – Spain Dysdera fervida Simon, 1882 – France (Corsica), Spain, (Balearic Is.) Dysdera festai Caporiacco, 1929 – Greece (Rhodes), Turkey Dysdera flagellata Grasshoff, 1959 – Italy Dysdera flagellifera Caporiacco, 1948 – Italy D. f. aeoliensis Alicata, 1973 – Italy Dysdera flavitarsis Simon, 1882 – Portugal, Spain Dysdera fragaria Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece (Rhodes), Turkey Dysdera furcata Varol & Danışman, 2018 – Turkey Dysdera fuscipes Simon, 1882 – Portugal, Spain, France Dysdera fustigans Alicata, 1966 – Italy Dysdera galinae Dimitrov, 2018 – Turkey Dysdera gamarrae Ferrández, 1984 – Spain Dysdera garrafensis Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera gemina Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Israel Dysdera genoensis Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera ghilarovi Dunin, 1987 – Azerbaijan Dysdera gibbifera Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera gigas Roewer, 1928 – Greece (Crete), Cyprus Dysdera gmelini Dunin, 1991 – Georgia Dysdera gollumi Ribera & Arnedo, 1994 – Canary Islands Dysdera gomerensis Strand, 1911 – Canary Islands Dysdera goyzha Zamani & Marusik, 2024 – Iraq Dysdera graia Řezáč, 2018 – France Dysdera granulata Kulczyński, 1897 – Italy, Balkans, Albania Dysdera gruberi Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Turkey Dysdera guayota Arnedo & Ribera, 1999 – Canary Islands Dysdera guennouni Lecigne, Szűts & Moutaouakil, 2025 – Morocco Dysdera halkidikii Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – North Macedonia, Greece Dysdera hamifera Simon, 1911 – Algeria D. h. macellina Simon, 1911 – Algeria Dysdera hattusas Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Turkey Dysdera haykana Kosyan, Zamani & Marusik, 2023 – Armenia Dysdera helenae Ferrández, 1996 – Spain Dysdera hernandezi Arnedo & Ribera, 1999 – Canary Islands Dysdera hiemalis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece (Crete) Dysdera hirguan Arnedo, Oromí & Ribera, 1997 – Canary Islands Dysdera hirsti Denis, 1945 – Algeria Dysdera hormuzensis Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera hungarica Kulczyński, 1897 – Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine, Caucasus (Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan) D. h. atra Mcheidze, 1979 – Georgia, Azerbaijan D. h. subalpina Dunin, 1992 – Russia (Caucasus) Dysdera iguanensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands Dysdera imeretiensis Mcheidze, 1979 – Georgia Dysdera incertissima Denis, 1961 – Morocco Dysdera incognita Dunin, 1991 – Russia (Europe, Caucasus) Dysdera inermis Ferrández, 1984 – Spain Dysdera inopinata Dunin, 1991 – Georgia Dysdera insulana Simon, 1883 – Canary Islands Dysdera iranica Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera isambertoi Crespo & Cardoso, 2021 – Madeira Dysdera isfahanica Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera jaegeri Bellvert & Dimitrov, 2024 – Turkey, Syria Dysdera jana Gasparo & Arnedo, 2009 – Italy (Sardinia) Dysdera karabachica Dunin, 1990 – Azerbaijan Dysdera kati Komnenov & Chatzaki, 2016 – Greece Dysdera kollari Doblika, 1853 – Italy, Malta, Balkans, Greece, Turkey Dysdera kourosh Bellvert, Zamani & Dimitrov, 2024 – Iran Dysdera krisis Komnenov & Chatzaki, 2016 – Greece, Turkey Dysdera kronebergi Dunin, 1992 – Tajikistan Dysdera kropfi Řezáč, 2018 – Switzerland Dysdera kugitangica Dunin, 1992 – Turkmenistan Dysdera kulczynskii Simon, 1914 – France, Italy Dysdera kurdistanica Zamani & Marusik, 2024 – Iraq Dysdera kusnetsovi Dunin, 1989 – Turkmenistan Dysdera labradaensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera lagrecai Alicata, 1964 – Italy (Sicily), Malta Dysdera lancerotensis Simon, 1907 – Canary Islands Dysdera lantosquensis Simon, 1882 – France (incl. Corsica), Italy Dysdera lata Reuss, 1834 – Mediterranean to Georgia Dysdera laterispina Pesarini, 2001 – Greece Dysdera leprieuri Simon, 1882 – Algeria Dysdera levipes Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Islands Dysdera ligustica Gasparo, 1997 – Italy Dysdera limitanea Dunin, 1985 – Turkmenistan Dysdera limnos Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece Dysdera liostethus Simon, 1907 – Canary Islands Dysdera littoralis Denis, 1962 – Morocco Dysdera longa Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera longimandibularis Nosek, 1905 – Turkey, Cyprus Dysdera longirostris Doblika, 1853 – Central to south-eastern and eastern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus Dysdera lubrica Simon, 1907 – Egypt Dysdera lucidipes Simon, 1882 – Algeria D. l. melillensis Simon, 1911 – Morocco Dysdera lusitanica Kulczyński, 1915 – Portugal, Spain Dysdera machadoi Ferrández, 1996 – Portugal, Spain Dysdera macra Simon, 1883 – Canary Islands Dysdera madai Arnedo, 2007 – Canary Islands Dysdera mahan Macías-Hernández & Arnedo, 2010 – Canary Islands Dysdera mariae Lecigne, 2025 – Morocco Dysdera maronita Gasparo, 2003 – Lebanon Dysdera martensi Dunin, 1991 – Caucasus (Russia, Georgia) Dysdera mauritanica Simon, 1909 – Morocco D. m. aurantiaca Simon, 1909 – Morocco Dysdera maurusia Thorell, 1873 – Algeria, Tunisia Dysdera mazeruni Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera mazini Dunin, 1991 – Armenia, Azerbaijan Dysdera medes Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera mehmeti Coşar, Yağmur, Danışman, Özkütük & Kunt, 2024 – Turkey Dysdera meschetiensis Mcheidze, 1979 – Georgia Dysdera metingurui Danışman, Coşar & Kunt, 2025 – Turkey Dysdera microdonta Gasparo, 2014 – Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Serbia Dysdera mikhailovi Fomichev & Marusik, 2021 – Tajikistan Dysdera minairo Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera minuta Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece (Rhodes) Dysdera minutissima Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera mixta Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Turkey Dysdera montanetensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera monterossoi Alicata, 1964 – Italy Dysdera moravica Řezáč, 2014 – Germany to Romania Dysdera mucronata Simon, 1911 – Morocco, Spain Dysdera murphyorum Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Albania, Greece (Corfu) Dysdera nakhchivanica Beydizade, Shafaie & Guseinov, 2018 – Armenia, Azerbaijan Dysdera naouelae Bellvert & Dimitrov, 2024 – Central Asia ("Turkestan") Dysdera nenilini Dunin, 1989 – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Dysdera neocretica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece (Crete), Turkey Dysdera nesiotes Simon, 1907 – Selvagens Is. Canary Islands Dysdera nicaeensis Thorell, 1873 – France, Italy Dysdera ninnii Canestrini, 1868 – Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia Dysdera nomada Simon, 1911 – Tunisia Dysdera nubila Simon, 1882 – France (Corsica), Italy Dysdera orahan Arnedo, Oromí & Ribera, 1997 – Canary Islands Dysdera ortunoi Ferrández, 1996 – Spain Dysdera osellai Alicata, 1973 – Italy, Bulgaria Dysdera paganettii Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Italy Dysdera pamirica Dunin, 1992 – Tajikistan Dysdera pandazisi Hadjissarantos, 1940 – Albania, Greece Dysdera parthenogenetica Řezáč, 2025 – Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary Dysdera paucispinosa Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera pavani Caporiacco, 1941 – Italy Dysdera pectinata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece Dysdera persica Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera pharaonis Simon, 1907 – Egypt Dysdera pococki Dunin, 1985 – Iran, Turkmenistan Dysdera pominii Caporiacco, 1948 – Italy Dysdera portisancti Wunderlich, 1995 – Madeira Dysdera portsensis Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera pradesensis Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera praepostera Denis, 1961 – Morocco Dysdera precaria Crespo, 2021 – Madeira Dysdera presai Ferrández, 1984 – Spain Dysdera pretneri Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Greece Dysdera pristiphora Pesarini, 2001 – Italy Dysdera punctata C. L. Koch, 1838 – Southern Europe, Slovakia? Georgia? Dysdera punctocretica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece (Corfu) Dysdera pyrenaica Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera quindecima Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera raddei Dunin, 1990 – Azerbaijan Dysdera ramblae Arnedo, Oromí & Ribera, 1997 – Canary Islands Dysdera ratonensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera ravida Simon, 1909 – Morocco Dysdera recondita Crespo & Arnedo, 2021 – Madeira Dysdera richteri Charitonov, 1956 – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia Dysdera roemeri Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia Dysdera romana Gasparo & Di Franco, 2008 – Italy Dysdera romantica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece Dysdera rostrata Denis, 1961 – Morocco Dysdera rubus Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece, Turkey Dysdera rudis Simon, 1882 – France Dysdera rugichelis Simon, 1907 – Canary Islands Dysdera rullii Pesarini, 2001 – Italy Dysdera sagartia Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera sanborondon Arnedo, Oromí & Ribera, 2000 – Canary Islands Dysdera sancticedri (Brignoli, 1978) – Lebanon Dysdera sandrae Crespo, 2021 – Madeira Dysdera satunini Dunin, 1990 – Azerbaijan Dysdera scabricula Simon, 1882 – France, Spain Dysdera sciakyi Pesarini, 2001 – Greece Dysdera seclusa Denis, 1961 – Morocco Dysdera sefrensis Simon, 1911 – Algeria Dysdera septima Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera shardana Opatova & Arnedo, 2009 – Italy (Sardinia) Dysdera sibyllina Arnedo, 2007 – Canary Islands Dysdera sibyllinica Kritscher, 1956 – Italy Dysdera silana Alicata, 1965 – Italy Dysdera silvatica Schmidt, 1981 – Canary Islands Dysdera simbeque Macías-Hernández & Arnedo, 2010 – Canary Islands Dysdera simoni Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Syria, Israel, Lebanon Dysdera snassenica Simon, 1911 – Morocco D. s. collina Simon, 1911 – Morocco Dysdera soleata Karsch, 1881 – Libya Dysdera solers Walckenaer, 1837 – Colombia Dysdera spasskyi Charitonov, 1956 – Georgia Dysdera spinicrus Simon, 1882 – Balkans, Greece, Syria Dysdera spinidorsum Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera stahlavskyi Řezáč, 2018 – France Dysdera subcylindrica Charitonov, 1956 – Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan Dysdera subnubila Simon, 1907 – Italy, Tunisia, Egypt Dysdera subsquarrosa Simon, 1914 – France, Italy Dysdera sultani Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece, Turkey Dysdera sutoria Denis, 1945 – Morocco Dysdera tapuria Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera tartarica Kroneberg, 1875 – Kazakhstan, Central Asia Dysdera tbilisiensis Mcheidze, 1979 – Georgia, Azerbaijan Dysdera teixeirai Crespo & Cardoso, 2021 – Madeira Dysdera tenuistylus Denis, 1961 – Morocco Dysdera tezcani Varol & Akpınar, 2016 – Turkey Dysdera tilosensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Islands Dysdera titanica Crespo & Arnedo, 2021 – Madeira Dysdera topcui Gasparo, 2008 – Turkey Dysdera transcaspica Dunin & Fet, 1985 – Iran, Turkmenistan Dysdera tredecima Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera turanguveni Danışman, Coşar & Kunt, 2025 – Turkey Dysdera turcica Varol, 2016 – Turkey Dysdera tystshenkoi Dunin, 1989 – Turkmenistan Dysdera udata Kunt & Özkütük, 2024 – Cyprus Dysdera ukrainensis Charitonov, 1956 – Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Caucasus (Russia, Georgia) Dysdera undecima Řezáč, 2018 – Spain Dysdera unguimmanis Ribera, Ferrández & Blasco, 1986 – Canary Islands Dysdera valentina Ribera, 2004 – Spain Dysdera veigai Ferrández, 1984 – Spain Dysdera ventricosa Grasshoff, 1959 – Italy Dysdera verkana Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera vermicularis Berland, 1936 – Cape Verde Dysdera verneaui Simon, 1883 – Canary Islands Dysdera vesiculifera Simon, 1882 – Algeria Dysdera vignai Gasparo, 2003 – Lebanon Dysdera vivesi Ribera & Ferrández, 1986 – Spain Dysdera volcania Ribera, Ferrández & Blasco, 1986 – Canary Islands Dysdera werneri Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Greece Dysdera westringi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 – Eastern Mediterranean, Iraq Dysdera xerxesi Zamani, Marusik & Szűts, 2023 – Iran Dysdera yguanirae Arnedo & Ribera, 1997 – Canary Islands Dysdera yigitakcai Coşar, Yağmur, Danışman, Özkütük & Kunt, 2024 – Turkey Dysdera yozgat Deeleman-Reinhold, 1988 – Turkey Dysdera zarudnyi Charitonov, 1956 – Central Asia, Afghanistan Dysdera zonsteini Dimitrov, 2021 – Turkmenistan