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
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