Lepthyphantes beroni Deltshev, 1979

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Lepthyphantes

Characterisation

Troglobiont

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, Deltshev 1979, Beron 1985, Di Russo & Rampini 2001, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Gasparo 2009, Beron 2016
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
• Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis II, Beron 2016, Lips 2018
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari

Comments

Only known from 2 nearby caves in Santorini Island.

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

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

Species references

• Beron, P. 1985. On the cave fauna of the Greek islands of Sandorin and Iraklia, with preliminary description of a new pseudoscorpion. Grottes Bulgares, 3: 64-71.
• 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. 1979. A contribution to the study of Cave Spiders (Araneae) in Greece. Four new species (Aaraneae, Nesticidae, Linyphiidae) from the Islands of Crete and Thera. Acta Zool. Bulg., 13: 53-63.
• Di Russo, C. & Rampini, M. 2001. The Zoodochos cave in Santorini Island. Mem. Biospeol., 55: 201-202.
• Gasparo, F. 2009. La Grotta di Zoodochos Pigi a Santorini (Cicladi, Grecia) e la sua fauna. Progressione, 55 (1/2): 102-105.
• Lips B 2018. Expédition biospéologique dans l’île de Santorin (Grèce). Echo des Vulcains, 75: 28-39

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Lepthyphantes beroni Deltshev, 1979. 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