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Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Leptoneta  Simon, 1872   35 species

Leptoneta conimbricensis Machado & Ribera, 1986

Description
Male

Palp: appendix of tarsus wide, cylindrical, with a small curved tip.

Body length male: 1.8 mm
Female

Prosoma, sternum and appendages pale yellow. Eyes: well developed, posterior eyes 1.5 to 2 diameters from ALE. Legs: femur and metatarsus without spines, tibia with 2 dorsal spines. Opisthosoma whitish.

Body length female: 2 mm
Additional information

In caves, also outdoor, under large stones covered with moss.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Machado A de B, Ribera C (1986) Araneidos cavernicolas de Portugal: Familia Leptonetidae (Araneae). Actas X Congreso Internacional de Aracnologia, Barcelona 1: 355-366 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
17-12-2015 Image insert