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Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Barusia  Kratochvíl, 1978   5 species

Barusia laconica (Brignoli, 1974)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002941

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Description
Male

Palp: femur with 3 spines, patella with one spine, tibia with 6 spines, tarsus with numerous spines. Prosoma whitish. Sternum whitish. Eyes ringed with black, posteriors about one diameter from ALE. Chelicerae: promargin with 8 teeth, retromargin with 4 teeth. Legs pale yellowish, without spines. Opisthosoma greyish, slightly darker on the side.

Body length male: 1.1 mm
Female

Palp: femur with 3 spines, patella with one spine, tibia with 6 spines, tarsus with numerous spines. Prosoma whitish. Sternum whitish. Eyes ringed with black, posteriors about one diameter from ALE. Chelicerae: promargin with 8 teeth, retromargin with 4 teeth. Legs pale yellowish, without spines. Opisthosoma greyish, slightly darker on the side.

Body length female: 1.1 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1979b)

species

male Bulbus, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1979b)

species

female Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1974c)

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female Vulva
(Brignoli 1974c)

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female Vulva
(Brignoli 1974c)

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female Gnathocoxa
(Brignoli 1974c)

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female Cheliceral teeth
(Brignoli 1974c)

Distribution List
Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Brignoli P M (1974c) Araignées de Grèce VIII. Quelques Leptonetidae de la Laconie et de l'île de Crète (Arachnida, Araneae). Annales de Spéléologie 29: 63-70 pdf

Brignoli P M (1979b) Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 86: 181-202 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
28-08-2025 Distribution update Detail
14-05-2013 Image insert