Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Leptoneta  Simon, 1872   35 species

Leptoneta alpica Simon, 1882

Description
Male

Similar to L. convexa, except the following character: Palp 1 mm long.

Body length male: 2 mm
Female

Similar to L. convexa, except the following characters: Prosoma greenish brown, with a dark borderline. Sternum brownish. Eyes large, equal in size, posteriors less than 0.5 diameter from ALE. Legs greenish brown, femur without spines. Opisthosoma purplish brown.

Body length female: 2 mm
Additional information

In forests, among damp moss or under large stones.

No illustrations for females available.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France
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Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

France   (Le Peru, 2007) |||
References

Fage L (1913) Etudes sur les araignées cavernicoles. II Revision des Leptonetidae. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale (5) 10: 479-576 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308 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
09-07-2015 Image insert