Leptoneta convexa Simon, 1872
Description
Male
Palp: tarsus with one apophysis bearing a strong spine, and with a median appendix tape-shaped.
Body length male: 3.5 mmFemale
Palp: femur as long as tarsus, and as long as tibia and patella together, tarsal claw with 3 teeth. Prosoma, sternum and legs pale reddish brown. Eyes: well developed, anteriors surrounded with black, AME slightly larger than ALE, posterior eyes slightly smaller than AME, 2 diameters from ALE. Legs: all segments, except tarsus, with spines. Opisthosoma white.
Body length female: 3-4 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Bulbus
(Dresco 1990)
Bulbus
(Dresco 1990)
Tarsus of pedipalp
(Simon 1914)
Appendix of palpal tarsus
(Dresco 1990)
Palpal apophysis
(Simon 1914)
Vulva
(Dresco 1990)
Vulva
(Dresco 1990)
Vulva
(Dresco 1990)
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.
References
Dresco E (1990) Étude des Leptoneta. A propos de Leptoneta convexa Sim. (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 125: 99-103 
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
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
Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2