Barusia laconica (Brignoli, 1974)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Leptonetidae
Genus: Barusia
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Agias Sofias (Mylopotamos), Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Nisoi Attikis / Municipality: Kythira / Closest settlement: Mylopotamos
  • Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou, Brignoli 1974b, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016, Ballarin et al. 2020, Ledford et al. 2021
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou
Comments

Only known from 2 caves (Kythira, Lakonia)

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
  • Ballarin F., Salmaso R. & Latella L. 2020. The arachnological collections of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona (Italy): an overview. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 60:23-26
  • 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. Araignées de Grèce VIII. Quelques Leptonetidae de la Laconie et de l΄ île de Crète (Arachnida, Araneae). Ann. Speleol., 29 (1): 63-70.
  • 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.
  • Ledford J, Derkarabetian S, Ribera C, Starrett J, Bond J, Griswold C, Hedin M. 2021. Phylogenomics and biogeography of leptonetid spiders (Araneae: Leptonetidae).. Invertebrate Systematics, 35: 332–349
  • Naumova, M., Lazarov, S., Petrov, B. & Deltshev, C. 2016. New faunistic data on the cave-dwelling spiders in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 7: 425-438.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Barusia laconica (Brignoli, 1974). 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 19.04.2026