Leptonetids [2] ( lat. Leptonetidae ) - a family of araneomorphic spiders from the Haplogynae series. Representatives are characterized by miniature sizes. Six eyes are arranged in a semicircle: four in front, two behind. Typical habitats are caves and forest litter.
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 Male Tayshaneta anopica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leptonetidae Simon , 1890 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy
The family includes 213 modern species, united in 17 genera [1] [3] :
| Kind | Title Author | Spread |
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| Appaleptoneta | Platnick, 1986 | USA |
| Archoleptoneta | Gertsch, 1974 | USA |
| Barusia | Kratochvíl, 1978 | Montenegro, Croatia, Greece |
| Calileptoneta | Platnick, 1986 | USA |
| Cataleptoneta | Denis, 1955 | Turkey, Lebanon, Crete |
| Darkoneta | Ledford et Griswold, 2010 | USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama |
| Falcileptoneta | Komatsu, 1970 | Japan |
| Leptoneta | Simon, 1872 | Mediterranean, China, Mexico, USA |
| Leptonetela | Kratochvíl, 1978 | Greece, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey |
| Masirana | Kishida, 1942 | Japan |
| Neoleptoneta | Brignoli, 1972 | USA, Mexico |
| Paraleptoneta | Fage, 1913 | Tunisia, Algeria, Italy |
| Protoleptoneta | Deltshev, 1972 | France, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria |
| Qianleptoneta | Chen et Zhu, 2008 | China |
| Rhyssoleptoneta | Tong et Li, 2007 | China |
| Sulcia | Kratochvíl, 1938 | Balkan Peninsula, Crete |
| Teloleptoneta | Ribera 1988 | Portugal |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Platnick, NI (2010). List of Leptonetidae Species . The world spider catalog, version 11.0. American Museum of Natural History. (English) (Retrieved December 22, 2010)
- ↑ Marusik Yu.M., Kovblyuk N.M. Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of Siberia and the Far East of Russia / Executive Editor B. R. Striganova . - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK, 2011. - S. 164-167. - 344 p. - ISBN 978-587317-772.
- ↑ Platnick, NI (2010). The number of modern genera and species of spiders . The world spider catalog, version 11.0. American Museum of Natural History. (English) (Retrieved December 22, 2010)
Literature
- Gertsch, WJ (1978). The spider family Leptonetidae in North America. Journal of Arachnology 1 : 145-203. Text (English) (Retrieved December 22, 2010)
- Platnick, NI (1986). On the tibial and patellar glands, relationships, and American genera of the spider family Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum novitates 2855 . Text (English) (Retrieved December 22, 2010)