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Harpactea lepida

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Harpactea lepida is a species in the family Dysderidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 6 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Austria.

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Quick facts about Harpactea lepida

Weight
Not recorded
Length
6 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is Harpactea lepida?

HARPACTEA LEPIDA · LENGTH 6 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6 mm, the recorded maximum length of the harpactea lepida is about 0.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Harpactea lepida live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Harpactea lepida is listed for 1 country.

Austria
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Austria

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Harpactea lepida endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Harpactea lepida classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyDysderidae
  6. genusHarpactea
  7. SpeciesHarpactea lepida (C. L. Koch, 1838)

Synonyms Dysdera lepida, Harpactea lepida tirolensis, Harpactea seydeli, Harpactea tirolensis

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • šestiočka obecnáCzech
  • WaldlangfingerGerman
  • csinos fojtópókHungarian
  • šesťočka obyčajnáSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Harpactea lepida

Other species in the same genus Harpactea.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Harpactea lepida?

An adult Harpactea lepida measures 6 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Harpactea lepida live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Harpactea lepida for 1 country: Austria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Harpactea lepida?

Harpactea lepida (Harpactea lepida) belongs to the family Dysderidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Harpactea lepida (Harpactea lepida). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpactea-lepida

MLA

“Harpactea lepida (Harpactea lepida).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpactea-lepida.

BibTeX
@misc{harpactea_lepida_2026,
  title = {Harpactea lepida (Harpactea lepida)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpactea-lepida},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}