Barusia maheni (Kratochvíl & Miller, 1939)
Description
Male
Apex of tibia with 3 small spines. Tibia with subequal tubercles.
Body length male: 1.7-1.8 mmFemale
Eyes widely ringed with black, posteriors less than one diameter from anteriors. Chelicerae: promargin with 7 or 8 teeth, retromargin with 3 or 4 teeth. Prosoma and appendages light reddish to brownish, opisthosoma white or purplish, with faint pattern.
Body length female: 1.5 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1974c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1939)
Tip of bulbus
(Brignoli 1974c)
Palpal femur
(Brignoli 1974c)
Palpal femur
(Brignoli 1970a)
Spines on palpal tibia
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1939)
Palpal tibia
(Brignoli 1974c)
Palpal tibia
(Brignoli 1970a)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1939)
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1974c)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1939)
Epigyne/vulva
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1939)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1974c)
Vulva
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1939)
Cheliceral teeth
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1939)
Cheliceral teeth
(Kratochvíl & Miller 1939)
Cheliceral teeth
(Brignoli 1974c)
Distribution List
References
Brignoli P M (1970a) Considerazioni biogeografiche sulla famiglia Leptonetidae (Araneae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 41(Suppl. 1): 189-195 
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
Komnenov M (2010) Checklist of spiders (Araneae) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Uzizaž i Biospeld 5(2009): 52-69
Kratochvíl J, Miller F (1939) Espèces nouvelles cavernicoles du genre Paraleptoneta (aranéides) découvertes en Yougoslavie. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 80(N. & Rev. 3): 96-115
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
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 08-06-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 03-09-2015 | Image insert | |
| 11-03-2014 | Image insert | |
| 14-05-2013 | Image insert |