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Genus: Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 | Family: Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Harpactea simovi Deltshev & Lazarov, 2018

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050206

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Described:

Distribution: Serbia, Bulgaria

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Museum of Natural History (NMNHS), Sofia, Bulgaria m - (Deltshev & Lazarov, 2018)
Paratype: National Museum of Natural History (NMNHS), Sofia, Bulgaria 5m 6f - (Deltshev & Lazarov, 2018)
Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany 1m 1f - (Deltshev & Lazarov, 2018)
Paratype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany 1m 1f - (Komnenov, 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Harpactea simovi Deltshev & Lazarov, 2018: 3, f. 2-12 (Dmf) Original description

Harpactea simovi Komnenov, 2025b: 247, f. 3a-b (m)

References

Deltshev, C. & Lazarov, S. (2018). Two new spider species, Harpactea simovi sp. n. and H. stoevi sp. n. (Araneae: Dysderidae), from the Balkan Peninsula. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 70(1): 3-7. -- Show included taxa

Komnenov, M. (2025b). A new species and new records of the genus Harpactea Bristowe, 1939 (Araneae, Dysderidae) from the Balkan Peninsula. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Belgrade) 17(2024): 243-253. doi: 10.5937/bnhmb2417243K [[not published before March 28, 2025]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2025-05-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Komnenov, 2025b
2025-05-30	Species distribution update	Komnenov, 2025b	Old value
2018-04-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Deltshev & Lazarov, 2018
2018-04-04	New species inserted	Deltshev & Lazarov, 2018