Tegenaria dalmatica Kulczyński, 1906

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Tegenaria
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Mediterranean to Ukraine
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Nymfoliptou, Brignoli 1974c, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Vari - Voula - Vouliagmeni / Closest settlement: Vari
  • Spilaio Karoucha, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Syvros
  • Spilaio Spiliara Almyrou, Gasparo 2006, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Gazi
  • Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Beron 2016
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou
  • Spilaio Agiou Ioanni (Fousa), Gasparo 2006, Bosmans et al. 2009, Beron 2016
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Lesvos / Municipality: Lesvos / Closest settlement: Kato Tritos
  • Spilaio Panagias Spilianis, Bolzern 2010, Bolzern et al. 2013
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Pythagoreio
Comments
Synonymy: Tegenaria zinzulusensis Dresco (1959)
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
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bolzern, A. 2010. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Tegenaria- Malthonica -complex (Araneae, Agelenidae), using morphological and molecular data.. PHD Thesis. Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Switzerland, 292pp
  • Bolzern, A., Burckhardt, D. & Hänggi, A. 2013. Phylogeny and taxonomy of European funnel-web spiders of the Tegenaria-Malthonica complex (Araneae: Agelenidae) based upon morphological and molecular data. Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 168 (4): 723-848.
  • 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. , Baert, L., Bosselaers, J., De Koninck, H., Maelfait, J.-P., Van Keer, J. 2009. Spiders of Lesvos (Greece). A catalogue with all currently known spider reports from the Eastern Aegean Island of Lesbos.. Arachnological Contributions. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 24 (suppl.), 2-70.
  • 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.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1974. Ragni di Grecia VI. Specie nuove o interessanti dele isole Ionie a della Morea. Rev. suisse Zool., 81 (1): 155-175.
  • 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. 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.
  • Gasparo, F. 2006. Indagini faunistiche nelle grotte delle isole di Creta e Lesbos (Grecia). Progressione, 52 (1/2): 58-60.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Tegenaria dalmatica Kulczyński, 1906. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 14.02.2018, Accessed 09.10.2025