Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Leptoneta  Simon, 1872   35 species

Leptoneta leucophthalma Simon, 1907

Description
Male

Similar to L. convexa, except the following character: Palp 1 mm long.

Female

Similar to L. convexa, except the following characters: Eyes slightly surrounded with black, anterior eyes twice as large as posteriors, posterior eyes 2 diameters from ALE. Legs: femur without spines, tibia with 2 dorsal spines and one lateral spine, metatarsus with one lateral spine.

Body length female: 2 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain, France
Figures
Distribution List
France   (Déjean et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Déjean S, Danflous S, Oger P (2019) Le genre Leptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) dans les Hautes-Pyrénées (France). Revue Arachnologique (2) 6: 2-9 pdf

Fage L (1913) Etudes sur les araignées cavernicoles. II Revision des Leptonetidae. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale (5) 10: 479-576 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
27-08-2019 Distribution update Detail
27-08-2019 Image insert
09-07-2015 Image insert