Histopona isolata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Agias Sofias
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kissamos / Closest settlement: Topolia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agias Sofias, Deeleman-Reinhold 1983, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Ballarin et al. 2020
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kissamos / Closest settlement: Topolia

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

CR - Critically Endangered

Protection status

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

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

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.
• 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.
• Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1983. The genus Histopona Thorel (Araneae, Agelenidae), with description of two new cave-dwelling species. Mem. Biospeol., 10: 325-338.
• Gasparo, F. 2003. Tre campagne biospeleologiche a Creta. Progressione, 48 (1): 59-62.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Histopona isolata Deeleman-Reinhold, 1983. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 01.06.2021, Accessed 09.10.2025