Leptonetela andreevi Deltshev, 1985

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Leptonetidae
Genus: Leptonetela

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Kalampaki
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Paros / Municipality: Paros / Closest settlement: Dryos

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kalampaki, Deltshev 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2017
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Paros / Municipality: Paros / Closest settlement: Dryos

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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

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.
• Deltshev, C. 1985. New data conserning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zool. Bulg., 27: 41-45.
• Mammola S, Cardoso P, Ribera C, Pavlek M, Isaia M. 2017. A synthesis on cave-dwelling spiders in Europe. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research:1–16

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Leptonetela andreevi Deltshev, 1985. 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