Resources:
Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Cataleptoneta  Denis, 1955   7 species

Cataleptoneta aesculapii  (Brignoli, 1968)

Description
Male

Differs from C. sbordonii by the shape of the palpal tibia and tarsus, which has spine and apophysis very distinct.

Female

Prosoma yellowish. Sternum yellowish. Eyes: posteriors more than 1.5 diameters from ALE. Chelicerae: promargin with 7-9 teeth, retromargin with 3-5 teeth. Opisthosoma purple-grey.

Body length female: 1.8 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Turkey
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
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.

Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024) |||
References

Brignoli P M (1968c) Due nuove Paraleptoneta cavernicole dell'Asia Minore (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 6: 23-37 pdf

Brignoli P M (1978d) Ragni di Turchia IV. Leptonetidae, Dysderidae ed Agelenidae nuovi o interessanti di grotte della Turchia meridionale (Araneae). Quaderni di Speleologia, Circolo Speleologico Romano 3: 37-54 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, 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 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
23-10-2014 Image insert
01-04-2013 Image insert