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Leptonetidae
Leptonetidae is a family of relatively primitive haplogyne (lacking hardened external female genitalia) spiders, which includes about 23 genera and 300 species. The family is poorly known to anybody but specialists. Leptonetids are generally tiny, have six eyes arranged in a semicircle of four in front and two behind. Many live in caves or in leaf litter. They are found around the Mediterranean, and in Eurasia, Japan and southern North America.
21 branches of this family, most-observed first
Leptoneta
genusLeptoneta
Tayshaneta
genusTayshaneta
Leptonetela
genusLeptonetela
Calileptoneta
genusCalileptoneta
Rhyssoleptoneta
genusRhyssoleptoneta
Barusia
genusBarusia
Ozarkia
genusOzarkia
Paraleptoneta
genusParaleptoneta
Protoleptoneta
genusProtoleptoneta
Falcileptoneta
genusFalcileptoneta
Appaleptoneta
genusAppaleptoneta
Chisoneta
genusChisoneta
Jingneta
genusJingneta
Cataleptoneta
genusCataleptoneta
Longileptoneta
genusLongileptoneta
Neoleptoneta
genusNeoleptoneta
Montanineta
genusMontanineta
Sulcia
genusSulcia
Teloleptoneta
genusTeloleptoneta
Yueleptoneta
genusYueleptoneta
Masirana
genusMasirana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85865.