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Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Leptoneta  Simon, 1872   35 species

Leptoneta proserpina Simon, 1907

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003016

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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 mm
Additional information

In caves, underground rivers.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France
Figures
species

male Pedipalp
(Fage 1913)

species

male Bulbus
(Dresco 1987)

species

male Bulbus
(Dresco 1987)

species

male Tarsus of pedipalp
(Simon 1914)

species

male Tarsus of pedipalp, dorsal view
(Fage 1913)

species

male Tarsus of pedipalp, dorsal view
(Fage 1913)

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female Pedipalp
(Fage 1913)

species

female Vulva
(Dresco 1987)

species

female Eyes, dorsal view
(Simon 1914)

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female Eyes
(Fage 1913)

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   (Le Peru, 2007) |||
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 pdf

Fage L (1913) Etudes sur les araignées cavernicoles. II Revision des Leptonetidae. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale (5) 10: 479-576 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 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

Simon E (1914) Les arachnides de France 6 (1). Paris (Roret): 1-308 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
16-07-2015 Image insert
09-07-2015 Image insert