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Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Protoleptoneta  Deltshev, 1972   4 species

Protoleptoneta bulgarica Deltshev, 1972

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003083

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Description
Male

Similar to P. italica. Palp: tarsus with a shallow depression in the middle, and a small protuberance bearing a spine longer than the others. Prosoma pale yellow, 0.82 mm long. Legs yellowish, with spines. Opisthosoma pale yellow.

Body length male: 2 mm
Female

Similar to P. italica. Palp: sickle-shaped claw with a tooth. Prosoma pale yellow, 0.73 mm long. Legs yellowish, with spines. Opisthosoma pale yellow.

Body length female: 2.1 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

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

male Pedipalp
(Deltshev 1972a)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1972a)

species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Deltshev 1972a)

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male Eyes, frontal view
(Deltshev 1972a)

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male Chelicera, posterior view
(Deltshev 1972a)

species

female Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Deltshev 1972a)

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female Palpal claw
(Deltshev 1972a)

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female Vulva
(Deltshev 1972a)

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.

Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Serbia   (Deltshev et al., 2003b) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Deltshev C (1972a) A new genus of Bulgarian cave spiders (Protoleptoneta bulgarica n.g., n. sp.). International Journal of Speleology 4: 275-283 pdf

Deltshev C D, Ćurčić B P M, Blagoev GA (2003b) The spiders of Serbia. Inst. Zoology, Fac. Biology, Belgrade & Inst. Zoology, Bulg. Acad. Sci., Sofia. 832 pp.

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

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
27-11-2014 Image insert