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Genus: Parastalita Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932 | Family: Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Parastalita stygia (Joseph, 1882)

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Described:

Distribution: Slovenia, Croatia

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Taxonomic References

Stalita stygia Joseph, 1882: 17 (Dm) Original description

Stalita gracilipes Kulczyński in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 276 (Df)

Stalita gracilipes Poljugan, 1915: 176, f. 1-6 (Dm)

Stalita stygia Fage, 1931: 135, f. 4-6 (mf)

Parastalita stygia Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1933: 598

Parastalita stygia Kratochvíl, 1970: 58, f. 2d, 3a, 4a, 5b, 6.3, 7f, 8g-h, 28a-c (m)

Parastalita stygia Deeleman-Reinhold, 1971b: 108, f. 2c, 3d, 8a-j, 12b, 13b (mf)

Stalita stygia Le Peru, 2011: 297, f. 515 (mf)

Parastalita stygia Kuralt, Pajek Arambašič & Kostanjšek, 2025: 115, f. 2u (m; misidentified Stalitella noseki per Kuralt, in litt.)

References

Absolon, K. & Kratochvíl, J. (1933). Über höhlenbewohnende Arachniden. Vorläufige Mitteilung. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae 29: 595-600. -- Show included taxa

Chyzer, C. & Kulczyński, W. (1897). Araneae Hungariae. Tomus II. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae Budapest, pp. 147-366, Pl. VI-X. -- Show included taxa

Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1971b). Beitrag zur Kenntnis höhlenbewohnender Dysderidae (Araneida) aus Jugoslawien. Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne Vede, Classis IV, Historia Naturalis 14: 95-120. -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1931). Araneae, 5e série, précédée d'un essai sur l'évolution souterraine et son déterminisme. In: Biospeologica, LV. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 71: 99-291. -- Show included taxa

Joseph, G. (1882). Systematisches Verzeichniss der in Tropfsteingrotten von Krain einheimischen Arthropoden, nebst Diagnosen der vom Verfasser entdecken und bischer noch nicht beschreibenen Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 1882: 1-50. -- Show included taxa

Kratochvíl, J. (1970). Cavernicole Dysderae. Přírodovědné práce ústavů Československé Akademie Věd v Brně (N.S.) 4: 1-62. -- Show included taxa

Kuralt, Ž., Pajek Arambašič, N. & Kostanjšek, R. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of spiders (Araneae) of the upper course of the Neretva River in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Natura Sloveniae 27(3): 114-122. doi: 10.14720/ns.20096 -- Show included taxa

Le Peru, B. (2011). The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522. -- Show included taxa

Poljugan, P. (1915). O pauku Stalita gracilipes Kulcz., a napose o njegovom muzjaku. Glasnik Hrvatskoga Prirodoslovnoga Drutva 27: 176-181. -- 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

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-02-03	Taxonomic reference update		Old value
2026-01-21	Species distribution update		Old value
2026-01-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Kuralt, Pajek Arambašič & Kostanjšek, 2025