Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Leptoneta  Simon, 1872   35 species

Leptoneta fouresi Dresco, 1979

Description
Male

Similar to L. microphthalma.

Body length male: 2.4 mm
Female

Similar to L. microphthalma. Eyes surrounded with black, AME larger than ALE, posterior eyes 2.5 diameters from ALE. Legs: femur with spines.

Body length female: 3 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
France   (Le Peru, 2007) |||
References

Dresco E (1979) Etude des Leptoneta. Description de Leptoneta fouresi, araignée cavernicole nouvelle des Pyrénées françaises (fam. Leptonetidae). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 115: 388-392 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

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