Harpactea abantia (Simon, 1884)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Dysderidae
Genus: Harpactea

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Bulgaria, Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Nymfis, Brignoli 1974c, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Saronikos / Closest settlement: Kouvaras

Comments

Known from Ionian islands (Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Ithaki, Kerkyra).

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. 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. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Harpactea abantia (Simon, 1884). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 01.06.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026