Dysdera ninnii Canestrini, 1868

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Dysderidae
Genus: Dysdera
Characterisation
Trogloxene
Distribution
C-S Europe to Ukraine
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Petala, Roewer 1962, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Petalas island
  • Spilaio Panagias Arkoudiotisas, Roewer 1959, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
Comments
The presence in Greece is doubted (Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al.)
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
  • 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.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1962. Über einige mediterrane Arachniden. Fragm. Entomol., 4 (2): 11-18.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Dysdera ninnii Canestrini, 1868. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 13.02.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026