Agelena orientalis C. L. Koch, 1837

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Agelena

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Italy to Central Asia, Iran

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Milatou, Roewer 1959, Bosmans et al. 2013
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Bosmans, R., Van Keer, J., Russell-Smith, A., Kronestedt, T., Alderweireldt, M., Bosselaers, J. & De Koninck, H. 2013. Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek Island of Crete. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 28 (1): 1-147.
• Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Agelena orientalis C. L. Koch, 1837. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.02.2018, Accessed 09.10.2025