Leptonetidae if a family of relatively primitive haplogyne (lacking hardened external female genitalia) spiders, which includes 15 genera and nearly 200 species. Arthropods are Animals belonging to the Phylum Arthropoda (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, " Joint " Arachnids are a class ( Arachnida) of joint-legged Invertebrate Animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings The Leptonetoidea are a Superfamily of araneomorph spiders They contain three families of six-eyed spiders Leptonetidae Eugène Simon ( April 30, 1848 - November 17, 1924) was a French Arachnologist. This page lists all described species of the spider family Leptonetidae as of Apr In Biological classification, family ( Latin The Haplogynae are a series of araneomorph spiders Unlike the Entelegynae, they lack hardened (sclerotized female genitalia ( Epigynes Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings 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 posteriorly. Many live in caves or in leaf litter. They are found around the Mediterranean, and in Eurasia, Japan and the New World. For the superstate in George Orwell 's novel see Nations of Nineteen Eighty-Four. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The New World is one of the names used for the non-Eurasian/non-African parts of the Earth specifically the Americas and Australia.
Genera
| Name |
Discoverer |
Year |
Known Range |
| Appaleptoneta |
Platnick |
1986 |
USA |
| Archoleptoneta |
Gertsch |
1974 |
USA, Mexico, Panama |
| Barusia |
Kratochvíl |
1978 |
Croatia, Greece, Montenegro |
| Calileptoneta |
Platnick |
1986 |
USA |
| Cataleptoneta |
Denis |
1955 |
Crete, Lebanon, Turkey |
| Falcileptoneta |
Komatsu |
1970 |
Japan |
| Leptoneta |
Simon |
1872 |
Central Asia, USA, Southern Europe |
| Leptonetela |
Kratochvíl |
1978 |
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Turkey |
| Masirana |
Kishida |
1942 |
Japan |
| Neoleptoneta |
Brignoli |
1972 |
USA, Mexico |
| Paraleptoneta |
Fage |
1913 |
Algeria, Italy, Tunisia |
| Protoleptoneta |
Deltshev |
1972 |
Europe |
| Rhyssoleptoneta |
Tong & Li |
2007 |
China |
| Sulcia |
Kratochvíl |
1938 |
Balkans, Greece |
| Teloleptoneta |
Ribera |
1988 |
Portugal |
See also
References
- Gertsch, W. Norman I Platnick is an American Arachnologist, and the Peter J Willis John Gertsch (1906 - 1998 was an Entomologist specialising in Arachnology. Neoleptoneta is a spider genus in the family Leptonetidae, confined to the USA and Mexico. This page lists all described species of the spider family Leptonetidae as of Apr Spider taxonomy is the Alpha taxonomy of the Spiders members of the Araneae order of the arthropod J. (1978). The spider family Leptonetidae in North America. Journal of Arachnology 1:145-203. PDF
- Platnick, N. I. (1986). On the tibial and patellar glands, relationships, and American genera of the spider family Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum novitates 2855. PDF
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