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
"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
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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