- Leptonetidae
Taxobox
name = Leptonetidae
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
superfamilia =Leptonetoidea
familia = Leptonetidae
familia_authority = Simon, 1890
diversity_link = List of Leptonetidae species
diversity = 15 genera, 200 species
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "See text"Leptonetidae if a family of relatively primitive
haplogyne (lacking hardened external female genitalia)spider s, which includes 15 genera and nearly 200 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 posteriorly. Many live in caves or in leaf litter. They are found around theMediterranean , and inEurasia ,Japan and theNew World .Genera
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List of Leptonetidae species
*Spider families References
* Gertsch, W.J. (1978). The spider family Leptonetidae in North America. "Journal of Arachnology" 1:145-203. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v1_n3/JoA_v1_p145.pdf 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. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5198/1/N2855.pdf PDF]External links
* [http://www.arachnology.org/Arachnology/Pages/Araneae.html Arachnology Home Pages: Araneae]
* [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/index.html Platnick, N.I. 2003. World Spider Catalog]
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