I give a summary of the following description of Metriopelma ledezmae to be published in its full form in the book of Jean Michel VERDEZ and Frédéric CLETON, Les mygales, Editions Philippe Gerard. This should be out in September in 21 x 29.7 format, and with over 200 colour photographs with more than 130 species, constitutes no doubt the best book in French on these spiders.