Megalepthyphantes minotaur Tanasevitch & Wunderlich, 2015

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Megalepthyphantes
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Mythia Kampathoura
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Anogeia / Closest settlement: Anogeia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Mythia Kampathoura, Tanasevitch & Wunderlich 2015
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Anogeia / Closest settlement: Anogeia
Comments

Only known from the type locality

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
Species references
  • Tanasevitch, A. V. & Wunderlich, J. 2015. A new Megalepthyphantes Wunderlich 1994 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from a cave of Crete (Greece). Beiträge zur Araneologie 9: 452-455
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Megalepthyphantes minotaur Tanasevitch & Wunderlich, 2015. 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