Palliduphantes byzantinus (Fage, 1931)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Palliduphantes
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
North Macedonia, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Germa, Deeleman-Reinhold 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Orestida / Closest settlement: Germas
  • Spilaio Ermakias, Deeleman-Reinhold 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kozani / Municipality: Eordaia / Closest settlement: Ermakia
  • Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou
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.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1985. Contribution à la connaissance des Lepthyphantes du groupe pallidus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) de Yougoslavie, Grece et Chypre. Mem. Biospeol., 12: 37-50.
  • Mammola S, Cardoso P, Angyal D, Balázs G, Blick T, Carter J, Danflous S, Dányi L, Déjean S, Elverici M, Fernández J, Gasparo F, Komnenov M, Ková L, Bo K, Mock A, Moldovan O, Pavlek M, Prieto C E, Ribera C, Rozwa R, Vargovitsh R S, Zaenker S, Isaia M. 2019. Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida : Araneae). Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e38492:1–15.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Palliduphantes byzantinus (Fage, 1931). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 10.05.2023, Accessed 18.04.2026