Histopona strinatii (Brignoli, 1976)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Histopona
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Limnon
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Kastria
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Limnon, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979b, Deeleman-Reinhold 1983, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Ballarin et al. 2020, Dolejš 2023
    Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Kastria
Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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
  • 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. 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. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1983. The genus Histopona Thorel (Araneae, Agelenidae), with description of two new cave-dwelling species. Mem. Biospeol., 10: 325-338.
  • Dolejš P. 2023. A historical collection of Greek spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the National Museum of the Czech Republic. Arachnologische Mitteilungen: Arachnology Letters, 66 (1): 17-23. DOI: 10.30963/aramit6603
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Histopona strinatii (Brignoli, 1976). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 20.11.2024, Accessed 09.10.2025