Leptonetela Kratochvíl, 1978

Wang, Chunxia & Li, Shuqiang, 2011, 2841, Zootaxa 2841, pp. 1-90 : 4-5

Genus Leptonetela Kratochvíl, 1978

Type species. Leptonetela kanellisi ( Deeleman-Reinhold, 1971)

Diagnosis. The genus Leptonetela can be distinguished from other leptonetid genera by the following combination of male palpal characters: femur spineless; tibia with a longitudinal row of spines on the retrolateral surface, with the proximal one strong, conspicuous, distally curved, claw-shaped, and then followed by a series of four spines ( Figs 16D, 18A).

Description. Prosoma yellowish, appendages slightly darker. Opisthosoma whitish grey, ovoid, covered with short hairs. Eyes six, ALE and PLE adjacent, modified with black ring at ocular base, PER strongly recurved, PME contiguous, situated posterior of ALE and PLE. In some species the eyes were reduced to four, two, or complete missing. Male chelicerae with 6–11 promarginal teeth and 0–7 small retromarginal teeth. Sternum shield-shaped. Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Male palpal femur spineless; patella with one short spine dorsally and distally; tibia with trichobothria dorsally and a longitudinal row of spines retrolaterally; middle part of tarsus contracted, crinkled, with a small earlobe-shaped process; tarsus with strong, thorny spine distally; bulb pale yellow, ovoid, with two appendages inserted ventrally in most species, median apophysis chitinous, conductor lamellar, median apophysis and conductor absent in some species, embolus transparent, lamellar. Female genital area covered with short hairs, internal genitalia with a pair of spermathecae and sperm ducts, which are distinctly twisted and weakly sclerotized.

Distribution. Greece, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, China and Vietnam.