Six new cave-dwelling species of Leptoneta (Arachnida, Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Beijing and adjacent regions, China
Author
Tong, Yanfeng
Author
Li, Shuqiang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101 (China) lisq @ ioz. ac. cn
lisq@ioz.ac.cn
text
Zoosystema
2008
30
2
371
386
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5392616
1638-9387
5392616
Genus
Leptoneta
Simon, 1872
Leptoneta
Simon, 1872: 479
.
TYPE
SPECIES
. —
Leptoneta convexa
Simon, 1872
.
DIAGNOSIS. — Small sized species (body length 1.0- 3.0 mm). Carapace usually with indistinct median groove. Six eyes with the PME separated from the strongly recurved ALE and PLE; rarely with eyes continuous, or degenerate to four, two or even none. Chelicerae with teeth on both promargin and retromargin. Legs slender, Leg formula usually I-IV-II-III. Male palp usually with strong spines on ventral surface of femur, and/or with strong spines or apophysis on tibia; bulb simple. Female with a pair of spermathecae; atrium oval to triangular in shape.
DISTRIBUTION. —
Algeria
,
East Asia
(
China
,
Korea
), North America (
Mexico
,
USA
), Western Europe (
France
,
Italy
,
Portugal
,
Spain
).