Histopona myops (Simon, 1885)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Histopona
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
South-eastern Europe
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Kokkinou Vrachou
Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Pera Spilia, Deltshev 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Erymanthos / Closest settlement: Alepochori
  • Spilaio Gkremos, Deeleman-Reinhold 1983, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Edessa / Closest settlement: Flamouria
  • Spilaio Kokkinou Vrachou, Simon 1885, Bristowe 1935, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Brignoli 1972, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Brignoli 1984, Gasparo 2005a, Beron 2016
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
  • Spilaio Liparotrypa, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
  • Spilaio Nymfon, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Gasparo 2005a
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
Comments
Synonymy: Hadites myops Simon, 1885; Roeweriana myops Brignoli, 1972
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
Species references
  • 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. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Bristowe, W.S. 1935. 1935. The spiders of Greece and the adjacent islands.. Proc. zool. Soc. Land. 1934:733–788.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1983. The genus Histopona Thorel (Araneae, Agelenidae), with description of two new cave-dwelling species. Mem. Biospeol., 10: 325-338.
  • Deltshev, C. 1985. New data conserning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zool. Bulg., 27: 41-45.
  • 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.
  • Simon, E. 1885. Arachnides recueillies dans la vallée de Tempe sur le mont Ossa (Thessalie) par M. le Dr. J. Stussiner (de Laibach). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr., 6 (5): 209-217.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Histopona myops (Simon, 1885). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 11.09.2019, Accessed 09.10.2025