Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Meta
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Europe, Turkey
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Koufovounou, Beron et al. 2004, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Evros / Municipality: Didymoteicho / Closest settlement: Koufovouno
  • Spilaio Maroneias, Beron et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Rodopi / Municipality: Maroneia - Sapes / Closest settlement: Maroneia
  • Spilaio Kefalovrysou, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Argolida / Municipality: Argos - Mykines / Closest settlement: ΚefaΙovrysο
  • Spilaio Kontylos, Alexiou et al. 2014
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Ano Polydrosos
  • Spilaio Mayer, Alexiou et al. 2014, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Stromi
  • Spilaio Kokkinou Vrachou, Simon 1885, Bristowe 1935, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Brignoli 1977, Brignoli 1979b, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
  • Spilaio Liparotrypa, Simon 1885, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
Comments

Bosmans & Chatzaki (2005) erroneously reported the occurrence of Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804) as cited by Brignoli (1984), at the caves of Koutouki (Attiki) and Trypa tou Kalyvaki (Korinthia).

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
NCBI
Species references
  • Alexiou, S., Bakolitsas, K., Di Russo, C. & Latella, L. 2014. Biospeleolocal notes on the caves of the Parnassos, Giona and Vardousia of mountains (Central Greece). Parnassiana Archives, 2: 71-81.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2004. The Invertebrate cave fauna of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, P & A. Popov (eds). A. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, pp. 791-822.
  • 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. 1977. Ragni di Grecia X. Nuovi dati sulla Grecia continentale ed insulare. Rev. suisse Zool., 84 (4): 937-954.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Bristowe, W.S. 1935. 1935. The spiders of Greece and the adjacent islands.. Proc. zool. Soc. Land. 1934:733–788.
  • Di Russo, C., Rampini, M. & Cobolli, M. 2014. The cave crickets of Greece: a contribution to the study of Southern Balkan Rhaphidophoridae diversity (Orthoptera), with the description of a new species of Troglophilus Krauss , 1879. Biodiversity Journal, 5 (3): 397-420.
  • 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.
  • Simon, E. 1885. Arachnides recueillies dans la vallée de Tempe sur le mont Ossa (Thessalie) par M. le Dr. J. Stussiner (de Laibach). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr., 6 (5): 209-217.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 05.01.2025, Accessed 09.10.2025