Leptoneta proserpina Simon, 1907
Description
Male
Similar to L. convexa, except the following character: Palp 1.2 mm long.
Female
Similar to L. convexa, except the following characters: Palp: femur slightly longer than tarsus, tarsus almost as long as tibia and patella together. Eyes: surrounded with black, posteriors smaller than anteriors, posterior eyes more than 2 diameters from ALE. Legs very long, femur without spines, tibia with 3 lateral spines and one pair of apical spines, metatarsus with 2 lateral spines.
Body length female: 2.5 mmAdditional information
In caves, underground rivers.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Fage 1913)
Bulbus
(Dresco 1987)
Bulbus
(Dresco 1987)
Tarsus of pedipalp
(Simon 1914)
Tarsus of pedipalp, dorsal view
(Fage 1913)
Tarsus of pedipalp, dorsal view
(Fage 1913)
Pedipalp
(Fage 1913)
Vulva
(Dresco 1987)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Simon 1914)
Eyes
(Fage 1913)
Distribution List
References
Dresco E (1987) Étude des Leptoneta: Leptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) du sud-est de la France. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (4) 9 (A): 633-650 
Fage L (1913) Etudes sur les araignées cavernicoles. II Revision des Leptonetidae. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale (5) 10: 479-576
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
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
Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308
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
| 28-08-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 16-07-2015 | Image insert | |
| 09-07-2015 | Image insert |