Mediostoma stussineri (Simon, 1885)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Nemastomatidae
Genus: Mediostoma
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Kokkinou Vrachou
Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Mavri Trypa, Mitov 2002, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Kavala / Closest settlement: Zygos
  • Spilaio Nychteridon, Mitov 2002, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Chalkidiki / Municipality: Nea Propontida / Closest settlement: Petralona
  • Spilaio Melissotrypa, Popa et al. 2019
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Elassona / Closest settlement: Kefalovryso
  • Spilaio Kokkinou Vrachou, Simon 1885, Roewer 1914, Roewer 1917, Roewer 1923, Roewer 1927, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Roewer 1951, Gruber 1978, Mitov 2002, Schönhofer 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
NT - Near Threatened
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.
  • Gruber, V. J. 1978. Weberknechte (Opiliones, Arach.) von Inseln der Ägäis. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 81: 567-573.
  • Mitov, P. G. 2002. Rare and endemic harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida) species from the Balkan Peninsula. I. On Mediostoma stussineri (SIMON 1885) (Nemastomatidae) - a new species and genus for the Bulgarian fauna. Linzer biol. Beitr., 34 (2): 1639-1648.
  • Popa, I., Brad, T., Vaxevanopoulos, M., Giurginca, A., Baba, S.C., Iepure, S., Plaiasu, R., Sarbu, S.M. 2019. Rich and diverse subterranean invertebrate communities inhabiting Melissotrypa Cave in Central Greece.. Trav. Inst. Spéol. «Émile Racovitza», 58: 65–78.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1914. Die Familien der Ischyropsalidae und Nemastomatidae der Opiliones-Palpatores. Arch. Naturg., Berlin, 80 (3): 99-169.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1917. Uber Nemastomatiden und ihre Verbreitung.. Arch. Naturg., 83A (2): 140-160.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1923. Die Weberknechte der Erde: systematische Bearbeitung der bisher bekannten Opiliones. Jena. pp. 1116.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1927. Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta. I. Abh. Natwiss. Ver. Brem., 26 (3): 425-460.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1951. Uber Nemastomatiden. Weitere Weberknechte XVI.. Senckenbergiana 32(1/4):95–153
  • Schönhofer, A. L. 2013. A taxonomic catalogue of the Dyspnoi Hansen and Sørensen, 1904 (Arachnida: Opiliones). Zootaxa, 3679: 1-68.
  • 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. 2026. Mediostoma stussineri (Simon, 1885). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 22.11.2025, Accessed 29.04.2026