Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Leptopilos  Levy, 2009   7 species

Leptopilos hadjissaranti (Chatzaki, 2002)

Description
Male

Very small, yellowish spiders, with general appearance similar to the other species of the genus. Palp: tibial apophysis single-lobed, ending in a pointed tip. Ventral apophysis of bulbus distinct, with adjacent transparent lamella, retrolateral apophysis large. Embolus long, covered by a membrane. Prosoma length: 0.7 mm, prosoma width: 0.5 mm.

Body length male: 2.0 mm
Female

Very small, yellowish spiders, with general appearance similar to the other species of the genus. Epigyne: anterior hood broad, cap-like, its basal half setose, distal half sclerotized, often interspersed with a mating plug. Pair of membranous fingers close to the epigastric furrow, originating from the lateral margins of the epigyne. Prosoma length: 1.1-1.3 mm, prosoma width: 0.7-0.8 mm.

Body length female: 2.7-3.3 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Crete)
Figures
Distribution List
Greece / Crete   (Chatzaki et al., 2002a; Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) |||
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 pdf

Chatzaki M, Thaler K, Mylonas M (2002a) Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae; Araneae) of Crete (Greece). Taxonomy and distribution. I. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109: 559-601 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
25-04-2025 Distribution update Detail
13-06-2016 Datasheet update Detail