Amaurobius pelops Thaler & Knoflach, 1991

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Amaurobius

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Koutouki, Thaler & Knoflach 1995, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania

Comments

Synonymy: Amaurobius atticus Thaler & Knoflach, 1995. Only known from continental Greece.

IUCN Red List

EN - Endangered

Greece's Red Data Book

EN - Endangered

Protection status

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

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

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.
• Thaler, K. & Knoflach, B. 1995. Über Vorkommen und Verbreitung von Amaurobius-Arten in Peloponnes und Ägäis (Araneida: Amaurobiidae). Rev. suisse Zool., 102 (1): 41-60.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Amaurobius pelops Thaler & Knoflach, 1991. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 17.11.2025, Accessed 18.04.2026