Leptoneta insularis Roewer, 1953
Description
Male
Unknown.
Female
Similar to L. taramellii. Palp: femur longer than tarsus, tarsus longer than tibia, femur as long as tibia and patella together. Prosoma reddish yellow. Eyes: posteriors smaller than anteriors, 1.5 diameters from ALE. Chelicerae: promargin with 6 teeth, retromargin with 2 or 4 teeth. Legs: femur and tarsus without spines. Opisthosoma pale grey.
Body length female: 3.3 mmAdditional information
In caves, also outdoor, under stones.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Vulva
(Brignoli 1969)
Distribution List
References
Brignoli P M (1969) Secondo contributo alla conoscenza dei Leptonetidae della Sardegna (Araneae). Archivio Zoologico Italiano 54: 11-31 
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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