Protoleptoneta italica (Simon, 1907)
Description
Male
Similar to P. bulgarica. Palp: tarsus with a shallow transverse depression, followed by a small protuberance bearing a long spine. Prosoma pale yellowish olive. Legs with numerous spines. Opisthosoma pale yellowish olive.
Body length male: 2 mmFemale
Similar to P. bulgarica. Prosoma pale greenish brown. Legs: anterior femur with 2 apical spines, tibia and metatarsus with some spines. Opisthosoma pale greenish brown.
Body length female: 2 mmAdditional information
In caves, under very large stones in coniferous forests, in a burrow.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Brignoli 1971d)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Fage 1913)
Pedipalp
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002b)
Tip of bulbus
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002b)
Tarsus of pedipalp
(Fage 1913)
Cymbium, dorsal view
(Thaler & Knoflach 2002b)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1971d)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Fage 1913)
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
Brignoli P M (1971d) Note su ragni cavernicoli italiani (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 7: 121-229 
Fage L (1913) Etudes sur les araignées cavernicoles. II Revision des Leptonetidae. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale (5) 10: 479-576
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
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
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
Pesarini C (unpubl.)
Thaler K, Knoflach B (2002b) Zur Faunistik der Spinnen (Araneae) von Österreich: Atypidae, Haplogynae, Eresidae, Zodariidae, Mimetidae. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 34: 413-444
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 28-08-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |