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Harpactea rubicunda

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Harpactea rubicunda is a species in the family Dysderidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 1.2 cm in length.

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Quick facts about Harpactea rubicunda

Weight
Not recorded
Length
8 mm – 1.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland, human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is Harpactea rubicunda?

HARPACTEA RUBICUNDA · LENGTH 1.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the harpactea rubicunda is about 0.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Harpactea rubicunda live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Harpactea rubicunda as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Harpactea rubicunda 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 rubicunda classified?

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

Synonyms Dysdera rubicunda

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • šestiočka ryšaváCzech
  • Rubinrød seksøjespinderDanish
  • Rubinfarbene SechsaugenspinneGerman
  • vörös rablópókHungarian
  • Tamsiarudis naktinukasLithuanian
  • Grote schorscelspinDutch
  • Грабительница румянаяRussian
  • šesťočka hrdzaváSlovak
  • ljus rövarspindelSwedish
  • Großer LangfingerGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Harpactea rubicunda

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 rubicunda?

An adult Harpactea rubicunda measures 8 mm – 1.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is Harpactea rubicunda an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Harpactea rubicunda as introduced in 1 country: United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Harpactea rubicunda?

Harpactea rubicunda (Harpactea rubicunda) 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 rubicunda (Harpactea rubicunda). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpactea-rubicunda

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{harpactea_rubicunda_2026,
  title = {Harpactea rubicunda (Harpactea rubicunda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/harpactea-rubicunda},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}