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Leptonetidae  Simon, 1890 / Barusia  Kratochvíl, 1978   5 species

Barusia insulana (Kratochvíl & Miller, 1939)

Description
Male

Apex of tibia with 3 spines. Tibia with very unequal tubercles.

Body length male: 1.5 mm
Female

Colouration pale yellowish to whitish. Eyes: finely ringed with black, posteriors about one diameter from anteriors.

Body length female: 1.5 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Croatia
Figures
Distribution List
Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) |||
References

Kratochvíl J, Miller F (1939) Espèces nouvelles cavernicoles du genre Paraleptoneta (aranéides) découvertes en Yougoslavie. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 80(N. & Rev. 3): 96-115 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, 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 pdf

Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna]. pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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