Lacinius horridus (Panzer 1794)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Phalangiidae
Genus: Lacinius

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

S-W Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Leondariou, Lindberg 1955d
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania
• Cave "Polu Tripos", Roewer 1930
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Egklouvi
• Spilaio Kamilari, Roewer 1959
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos

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

• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
• Roewer, C. F. 1930. Opiliones. In M. Beier. Zoologische Forschungsreise nach den Jonischen Inseln und den Peloponnes. IX. Teil. Araneae und Opiliones. Publisher. pp. 153-154.
• Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Lacinius horridus (Panzer 1794). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026