Paraleptoneta spinimana (Simon, 1885)
Description
Male
Palp: tibia with one basal spine and one or 2 apical strong spines. Sternum much longer than wide. Chelicerae with a basal spine.
Body length male: 1.7 mmFemale
Palp: femur with 5 prolateral spines, tarsal claw with 2 small teeth. Prosoma and sternum pale reddish brown. Eyes: posteriors 1.5 diameters from ALE. Chelicerae: promargin with 7 equal, contiguous teeth, retromargin with 3 small teeth. Legs pale reddish brown, without spines, except patella. Opisthosoma white.
Body length female: 1.5-2.7 mmAdditional information
Usually in caves, occasionally under large stones.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1967b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1967b)
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1979h)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Esnault 2020)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Esnault 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Esnault 2020)
Palpal femur
(Brignoli 1970a)
Palpal femur, lateral view
(Esnault 2020)
Palpal tibia
(Brignoli 1970a)
Palpal tibia, retrolateral view
(Esnault 2020)
Eyes, dorsal view
(Esnault 2020)
Chelicera
(Brignoli 1967b)
Chelicera
(Brignoli 1967b)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Esnault 2020)
Tip of pedipalp
(Brignoli 1967b)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1967b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1979h)
Vulva, variation, ventral view
(Brignoli 1979h)
Vulva, expanded
(Brignoli 1979h)
Vulva, variation, ventral view
(Brignoli 1979h)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Brignoli 1979h)
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
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Brignoli P M (1967b) Considerazioni sul genere Paraleptoneta e descrizione di una nuova specie italiana (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 4: 157-169
Brignoli P M (1970a) Considerazioni biogeografiche sulla famiglia Leptonetidae (Araneae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 41(Suppl. 1): 189-195
Brignoli P M (1979h) Ragni d'Italia XXXI. Specie cavernicole nuove o interessanti (Araneae). Quaderni del Museo di Speleologia "V. Rivera" 5(10): 1-48
Esnault M (2020) Découverte de Paraleptoneta spinimana (Simon, 1884) (Araneae, Leptonetidae), espèce nouvelle pour la faune der de France. Revue Arachnologique (2) 7: 27-31
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
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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| 07-09-2020 | Distribution insert | Detail |
| 11-03-2014 | Image insert | |
| 03-09-2013 | Image insert | |
| 01-04-2013 | Image insert |