Harpactea digiovannii Gasparo, 2014

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I, Gasparo 2009, Gasparo 2014, Beron 2016, Lips 2018, Gücel et al. 2019
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
• Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis II, Gasparo 2014, Lips 2018, Gücel et al. 2019
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari

Comments

Only known from the type locality and a nearby cave

IUCN Red List

DD - Data Deficient

Greece's Red Data Book

DD - Data Deficient

Protection status

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

Check Databases

GBIF

IUCN Red List

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Gasparo, F. 2009. La Grotta di Zoodochos Pigi a Santorini (Cicladi, Grecia) e la sua fauna. Progressione, 55 (1/2): 102-105.
• Gasparo, F. 2014. Descrizione di una nuova Harpactea Bristowe, 1939, delle isole cicladi (Araneae, Dysderidae). Atti e Memorie della Commissione Grotte “E. Boegan”, 44 (2013): 115-123.
• Gücel S, Charalambidou I, Göçmen B, Kunt KB. 2019. New data of spiders (Arachnida , Araneae) of Cyprus. 1. Dysderidae found in caves. ZooKeys 825:43–53.
• Lips B 2018. Expédition biospéologique dans l’île de Santorin (Grèce). Echo des Vulcains, 75: 28-39

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Harpactea digiovannii Gasparo, 2014. 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