Histopona hauseri (Brignoli, 1972)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Histopona
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
North Macedonia, Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Megali Grava
Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Anthropograva, Gasparo 2005a
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Klimatia
  • Spilaio Megali Grava, Brignoli 1972, Mahnert 1973, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Gasparo 2005a, Beron 2016, Ballarin et al. 2020
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses
  • Spilaio Gravolithia, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Spartyla
  • Spilaio Katsampa, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Gasparo 2005a, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Strinyla
  • Spilaio Chagioti, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1977, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Zakynthos / Municipality: Zakynthos / Closest settlement: Gyri
  • Spilaio Megali Spilia, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Zakynthos / Municipality: Zakynthos / Closest settlement: Gyri
Comments

In Greece, is only known from caves in Zakythos and Kerkyra islands. In the Republic of North Macedonia is known from Shar Mountain outside caves.

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
  • Ballarin F., Salmaso R. & Latella L. 2020. The arachnological collections of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona (Italy): an overview. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 60:23-26
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bosmans, R. & Chatzaki, M. 2005. A catalogue of the spiders of Greece. A critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 20 (2): 1-124.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1972. Su alcuni ragni cavernicoli di Corfu. Rev. suisse Zool., 79 (2): 861-869.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1976. Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 539-578.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1977. Ragni di Grecia X. Nuovi dati sulla Grecia continentale ed insulare. Rev. suisse Zool., 84 (4): 937-954.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Gasparo, F. 2005. Note sulle Histopona Thorell, 1869, del gruppo Myops di Grecia, con descrizione di una nuova specie cavernicola (Araneae, Agelenidae). Atti Memorie Commissione Grotte "E. Boegan", 40: 17-35.
  • Mahnert, V. 1973. Über griechische Pseudoskorpione II: Höhlenpseudoskorpione (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae) von Korfu. Rev. suisse Zool., 80 (1): 207-223.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Histopona hauseri (Brignoli, 1972). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 21.01.2023, Accessed 09.10.2025