Leptodrassus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1878.
Description
The genus Leptodrassus is characterized by small, pale-colored gnaphosids measuring 2-6 mm in body length. Spiders in this genus have markedly enlarged anterior median eyes borne on a common, black patch, with eyes densely grouped around the anterior median eyes. The anterior lateral eyes touch both the anterior median eyes and posterior lateral eyes.
The chelicerae have two promarginal and 0-2 retromarginal teeth. The labium is wider than long, and the fovea is indistinct or absent. Males lack a dorsal scutum on the opisthosoma.
Species , this genus includes 11 species:
Leptodrassus albidus Simon, 1914 – Azores, Canary Islands, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Israel Leptodrassus bergensis Tucker, 1923 – South Africa Leptodrassus croaticus Dalmas, 1919 – Croatia Leptodrassus diomedeus Caporiacco, 1951 – Italy Leptodrassus femineus (Simon, 1873) – Portugal, Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus, Israel (type species) Leptodrassus fragilis Dalmas, 1919 – Algeria, Libya Leptodrassus incertus Banks, 1898 – Mexico Leptodrassus licentiosus Dalmas, 1919 – South Africa Leptodrassus punicus Dalmas, 1919 – Tunisia Leptodrassus strandi Caporiacco, 1947 – Ethiopia Leptodrassus tropicus Dalmas, 1919 – Sierra Leone
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