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Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Sulcia  Kratochvíl, 1938   10 species

Sulcia cretica Fage, 1945

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003092

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Description
Male

Palp: femur with a long basal spine, followed by a series of 4 or 5 spines on small tubercles, and 4 or 5 strong spines on long tubercles. Prosoma 0.85 mm long. Opisthosoma almost twice as long as high.

Body length male: 2.5-3 mm
Female

Palp: spination variable, femur with 6 long, ventral spines and 5 ventro-lateral spines, tibia with 4 pairs of ventral spines, tarsus with numerous spines. Prosoma and sternum light reddish brown. Eyes: 6, well developed, posteriors slightly less than one diameter from ALE. Chelicerae: promargin with 7 or 8 teeth, retromargin with 5 or 6 teeth. Legs very long. Opisthosoma whitish, ventrally darker.

Body length female: 2.2 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete)
Figures
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Roewer 1959a)

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male Palpal femur
(Brignoli 1968b)

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male Palpal tibia
(Brignoli 1968b)

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female Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Roewer 1959a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Roewer 1959a)

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female Vulva, expanded
(Brignoli 1975b)

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female Vulva
(Brignoli 1975b)

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Eyes, dorsal view
(Roewer 1959a)

Distribution List
Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Brignoli P M (1968b) Über griechische Leptonetidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 49: 259-264 pdf

Brignoli P M (1975b) Über die Gruppe der Haplogynae (Araneae). Proceedings of the 6th International Arachnological Congress: 33-38 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

Roewer C F (1959a) Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 8(4): 1-47 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
01-04-2014 Image insert
15-10-2013 Distribution update Detail
14-05-2013 Image insert