Steatoda castanea (Clerck, 1757)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Steatoda

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Central Asia, China

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agias Paraskevis, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino

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

• 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., Van Keer, J., Russell-Smith, A., Kronestedt, T., Alderweireldt, M., Bosselaers, J. & De Koninck, H. 2013. Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek Island of Crete. Newsletter Belg. Arachn. Soc., 28 (1): 1-147.
• Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Steatoda castanea (Clerck, 1757). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 13.02.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026