World Spider Catalog

Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the subfamily Segestriinae was raised to family level by Brignoli, 1976g: 30; Cooke, 1965: 1028 (not mentioning the Segestriinae) divided the Dysderidae into four tribes (Dysderini, Harpacteini Cooke, 1965 [as Harpactini], Orsolobini Cooke, 1965 and Rhodini Simon, 1893a: 312 [as Rhodeae]); Orsolobidae was elevated to family level and relimited by Forster & Platnick, 1985: 6; Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman, 1988: 148 raised Cooke's remaining tribes to the subfamilies Dysderinae, Harpacteinae and Rhodinae; the Harpacteinae include the former tribe Holisseae Simon, 1893a: 314 [which would be the older name]; the monophyly of Dysderinae and Rhodinae is confirmed, but the Harpacteinae are considered paraphyletic by Adrián-Serrano, Pavlek & Arnedo, 2024: 592.

In synonymy:

Harpassa Simon, 1882 = Rhode Simon, 1882 (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978a: 254)

Typhlorhode Kratochvíl, 1935 = Rhode Simon, 1882 (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978a: 254)

Gen. Rhode Simon, 1882 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00495

type Rhode scutiventris Simon, 1882; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Harpassa Simon, 1882c: 233 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04608] (type H. tenuipes Simon, 1882) and of Typhlorhode Kratochvíl, 1935a: 5 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04762] (type T. subterranea Kratochvíl, 1935) by Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978a: 254; not a senior synonym of Harpassa per Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman, 1988: 148, but its type species was treated as a member of Rhode by Thaler, 1990a: 151.

Transferred to other genera:

Rhode circe (Brignoli, 1975) -- see Kaemis

Rhode aspinifera (Nikolic, 1963) | | Italy, Slovenia, Croatia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004781

Typhlorhode aspinifera Nikolic, 1963: 158 (Df) Original description

Rhode aspinifera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978a: 260, f. 20-23, 27 (f)

Rhode aspinifera Thaler, 1990a: 147, f. 1-4, 10-12 (Dm)

Rhode aspinifera Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993a: 109, f. 4-5 (m)

Rhode aspinifera Le Peru, 2011: 292, f. 494 (mf)

Rhode baborensis Beladjal & Bosmans, 1996 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004782

Rhode baborensis Beladjal & Bosmans in Beladjal, Bosmans & Maelfait, 1996: 71, f. 8-10 (Dmf) Original description

Rhode biscutata Simon, 1893 | | Algeria, Tunisia, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004783

Rhode biscutata Simon, 1893a: 312, f. 276-278

Rhode biscutata Simon, 1893e: 306 (Dmf) Original description

Rhode biscutata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978a: 251, f. 8, 10, 12, 14 (mf)

Rhode biscutata Brignoli, 1979f: 17, f. 3-6 (mf)

Rhode biscutata Pesarini, 1984a: 84, f. 1, 3 (m)

Rhode biscutata Forster & Platnick, 1985: 217, f. 843

Rhode biscutata Thaler, 1990a: 151, f. 6-8, 13-15 (m)

Rhode biscutata Beladjal, Bosmans & Maelfait, 1996: 68, f. 2-4 (mf)

Rhode biscutata Le Peru, 2011: 292, f. 495 (mf)

Rhode biscutata Benslimane et al., 2025: 104, f. 4a-h, 5a-e (mf)

Rhode magnifica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978 | | Montenegro urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004784

Rhode magnifica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978a: 255, f. 1, 15-17, 26 (Df) Original description

Rhode magnifica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993a: 107, f. 1-3 (Dm)

Rhode magnifica Le Peru, 2011: 292, f. 496 (mf)

Rhode scutiventris Simon, 1882 | | Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004785 TYPE SPECIES

Rhode scutiventris Simon, 1882c: 236 (Dm) Original description

Rhode scutiventris Simon, 1893a: 313, f. 275 (m)

Rhode scutiventris Cooke, 1966a: 36, f. 1 (Df)

Rhode scutiventris Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978a: 251, f. 7, 11, 13 (mf)

Rhode scutiventris Beladjal, Bosmans & Maelfait, 1996: 70, f. 5-7 (mf)

Rhode scutiventris Le Peru, 2011: 292, f. 497 (mf)

Rhode scutiventris Barrientos, García-López & Soria, 2019: 5, f. 3a-b (m)

Rhode scutiventris Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 130, f. 98A-D (mf)

Rhode scutiventris Zamani & Marusik, 2025: 327, f. 1D-E, 9A-C, 10A-B (mf)

Rhode stalitoides Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978 | | Bosnia and Herzegovina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004786

Rhode stalitoides Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978a: 258, f. 3, 5-6, 9, 18-19, 25 (Dm) Original description

Rhode stalitoides Le Peru, 2011: 293, f. 498 (m)

Rhode subterranea (Kratochvíl, 1935) | | Bosnia and Herzegovina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004787

Typhlorhode subterranea Kratochvíl, 1935a: 6, f. 1-6, color pl. (Df) Original description

Rhode subterranea Le Peru, 2011: 293, f. 499 (f)

Rhode tenuipes (Simon, 1882) | | France (Corsica) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004788

Harpassa tenuipes Simon, 1882c: 234 (Dm) Original description

Harpassa tenuipes Simon, 1914: 107, 115, f. 183 (m)

Rhode tenuipes Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978a: 254, pl. 1, f. 2, 4 (m)

Rhode tenuipes Thaler, 1990a: 151, f. 5, 9, 16-18 (m)

Rhode tenuipes Le Peru, 2011: 293, f. 500 (m)

Rhode testudinea Pesarini, 1984 | | Italy (Alps) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004789

Rhode testudinea Pesarini, 1984a: 81, f. 2, 4 (Dmf) Original description

Rhode testudinea Le Peru, 2011: 293, f. 501 (m)

Rhode testudinea Tolve et al., 2026: 151, f. 11A-F, 12A-D (mf)

Rhode zaccarensis Benslimane, Beladjal & Abrous, 2025 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065778

Rhode zaccarensis Benslimane, Beladjal & Abrous in Benslimane et al., 2025: 103, f. 2a-h, 3a-e (Dmf) Original description