Species of the spider family Leptonetidae Simon, 1890 from China are revised based on molecular and morphological data analyses. A new genus,
Jingneta Wang & Li
gen. nov., is erected, with
Leptoneta cornea
Tong & Li, 2008 as the type species. Twenty-two Chinese species previously assigned to the genus
Leptoneta Simon, 1872 are revised, with eight transferred to
Falcileptoneta
Komatsu, 1970, seven transferred to
Jingneta gen. nov., five transferred to
Leptonetela
Kratochvíl, 1978, and one species each transferred to
Longileptoneta
Seo, 2015 and
Masirana
Kishida, 1942. Eight new species are described: i.e.,
Falcileptoneta shuanglong Wang & Li
sp. nov. (♂),
Jingneta caoxian Wang & Li
sp. nov. (♂♀),
J. jingdong Wang ; Li
sp. nov. (♂♀),
Longileptoneta gutan Wang & Li
sp. nov. (♂♀),
L. huangshan Wang & Li
sp. nov. (♂♀),
L. shenxian Wang & Li
sp. nov. (♂♀),
L. yeren Wang & Li
sp. nov. (♂), and
L. zhuxian Wang & Li
sp. nov. (♂♀). In total, 127 leptonetid species from six genera are documented from China: nine species of
Falcileptoneta, nine species of
Jingneta gen. nov., 101 species of
Leptonetela, six species of
Longileptoneta, one species of
Masirana, and one species of
Rhyssoleptoneta
Tong & Li, 2007.
