Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Leptoneta  Simon, 1872   35 species

Leptoneta microphthalma  Simon, 1872

Description
Male

Similar to L. convexa, except the following character: Palp 2 mm long.

Female

Similar to L. convexa, except the following characters: Palp: femur much longer than tarsus, tarsus as long as tibia and patella together, claw with 2 teeth. Eyes very small, not surrounded with black, posterior eyes sometimes absent, posterior eyes separated from ALE by 5 times ALE diameter. Legs very long, femur with 4 to 6 lateral spines, and with dorsal spines, all other segments, except tarsus, with numerous spines.

Body length female: 3.5 mm
Additional information

Altitude up to 1400 m. In caves, underground river.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): France
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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.

France   (no references) |||
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 (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, 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 (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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09-07-2015 Image insert