Histopona leonardoi Bolzern, Pantini & Isaia, 2013
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 2.25-2.86 mm, prosoma width: 1.54-2.05 mm. Prosoma with 2 symmetric longitudinal rows of triangular dots, cephalic part with dark median band, prosomal margin with fine continuous dark line. Sternum and legs unicoloured. Opisthosoma dark grey-green, cardiac mark moderately pronounced, dorsum posteriorly with an indistinct pattern of chevrons.
Female
Prosoma length: 2.04-2.28 mm, prosoma width: 1.38-1.63 mm.
Additional information
In forest habitats (beech woods) at 1000-1500 m a.s.l., in alpine pastures (max. elevation 2458 m). Some specimens were found in caves.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1977b)
Pedipalp, prolateral-ventral view
(Brignoli 1977b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013a)
Palpal tibia, dorso-retrolateral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bolzern et al. 2013a)
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.
References
Bolzern A, Pantini P, Isaia M (2013a) Revision of the Histopona italica group (Araneae: Agelenidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3640: 23-41 
Brignoli P M (1977b) Ragni d'Italia XXVII. Nuovi dati su Agelenidae, Argyronetidae, Hahniidae, Oxyopidae e Pisauridae cavernicoli ed epigei (Araneae). Quaderni del Museo di Speleologia "V. Rivera" 4: 3-117
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
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