Leptonetela andreevi Deltshev, 1985
Description
Male
(The male is known only by the cephalothorax and the left palp of one specimen). Palp: tibia with a proximal, very strong, long spine, followed by a series of 4 spines.
Female
Prosoma pale yellow. Eyes reduced, anterior medians discernible as small pale pustules. Chelicerae: promargin with 7 teeth, retromargin with 4 teeth. Legs yellowish, femur I with one prolateral spine, tibia I and tibia II with 7 spines, tibia III and tibia IV with 4 spines, metatarsus without spines.
Body length female: 2 mmAdditional information
In caves.
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1985b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 1985b)
Vulva
(Deltshev 1985b)
Cheliceral teeth
(Deltshev 1985b)
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
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 
Deltshev C D (1985b) New data concerning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 27: 41-45
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
| 28-08-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 04-12-2014 | Image insert |