Lepthyphantes magnesiae Brignoli, 1979

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Lepthyphantes
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Albania, Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Profiti Ilia
Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Ampelakia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Vromoneras, Sarbu et al. 2024, Urák et al. 2025
    Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Konitsa / Closest settlement: Kavasila
  • Spilaio Agiou Ioanni, Bosmans & Gavalas 2023
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Irakleia
  • Anonymous cave at Trypi, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Sparti / Closest settlement: Trypi
  • Spilaio Profiti Ilia, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Ampelakia
Comments

Known from Crete and Albania

IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
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.
  • Bosmans R, Gavalas I. 2023. The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 3-93
  • 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.
  • Sarbu SM, Brad T, Băncilă RI, Ştefan A 2024. Exploring Biodiversity and Food Webs in Sulfur Cave in the Vromoner Canyon on the Greek–Albanian Border. Diversity. 2024; 16(8):477. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16080477
  • Urák I, Vrenozi B, Głąbiak Z, Lecoquierre N, Eiberger C, Maraun M, Ştefan A, Flot J-F, Brad T, Dainelli L, Sarbu SM, Băncilă RI 2025. An extraordinary colonial spider community in Sulfur Cave (Albania/Greece) sustained by chemoautotrophy. Subterranean Biology 53: 155-177. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.53.162344
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Lepthyphantes magnesiae Brignoli, 1979. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.08.2024, Accessed 18.04.2026