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
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 |