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
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 |