Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Leptoneta  Simon, 1872   35 species

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 mm
Female

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 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Presence in Italy doubtful (P. Pantini, pers. comm.), therefore removed
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France
Figures
Distribution List
France   (Le Peru, 2007) |||
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 pdf

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

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
11-09-2015 Image insert
09-04-2013 Distribution update Detail