Leptopilos levantinus Levy, 2009
Description
Male
Palpus: large, thick, hooked tegular apophysis bends above two small pointed dark processes and a fine transparent lamina, tibial apophysis tapers to slightly truncated tip. Prosoma length: 1.3 mm, prosoma width: 0.9 mm.
Female
Epigyne: anterior cap-like hood (reminds of a little girl’s summer hat) rises above nearly round median cavity. Cavity coated inside by brown rigid transparent membrane. Sides of cavity partly flanked by transparent folds. Prosoma length: 1.2-1.3 mm, prosoma width: 0.9 mm.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Pedipalp
(Chatzaki et al. 2002b)
Epigyne
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
Vulva
(Chatzaki et al. 2002a)
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 
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
Chatzaki M, Thaler K, Mylonas M (2002b) Ground spiders (Gnaphosidae, Araneae) of Crete and adjacent areas of Greece. Taxonomy and distribution. II. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109: 603-633
Chatzaki M, Van Keer J (2019) Ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Liocranidae, Prodidomidae) from the Greek islands Rodos, Symi and Karpathos, with the description of new species. Zootaxa 4646: 434-460
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2