Leptonetela penevi Wang & Li, 2016

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Skoteini
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Kymi - Aliveri / Closest settlement: Tharounia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Skoteini, Wu et al. 2016, Wang et al. 2017
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Kymi - Aliveri / Closest settlement: Tharounia

Comments

Only known from the type locality. Wu et al. 2016 erroneously report that the cave Skoteini (the type locality of L. penevi)  is located at Kakalitsa, Thiva. It is located at a site known as Kakalitsa near Tharounia, Evvia. Nevertheless, the coordinates they provide in their paper and the cave location on the map are correct.

IUCN Red List

CR - Critically Endangered

Greece's Red Data Book

CR - Critically Endangered

Protection status

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

Check Databases

GBIF

IUCN Red List

NCBI

Species references

• Wang C.-X., Xu X., Li S.-Q. 2017. Integrative taxonomy of Leptonetela spiders (Araneae, Leptonetidae), with descriptions of 46 new species. Zoological Research 38:321–448
• Wu, Y., Wang, C., Zheng, G. & Li, S. 2016. Three new species of the genus Leptonetela from Greece (Araneae, Leptonetidae). ZooKeys (569): 23-35.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Leptonetela penevi Wang & Li, 2016. 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