Minotauria attemsi Kulczynski, 1903

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Dysderidae
Genus: Minotauria
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Lavyrinthos Gortynas
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Faistos / Closest settlement: Roufas
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Neraidospilios , Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Deeleman-Reinhold 1993, Gasparo 2003, Gasparo 2004a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Karteros
  • Spilaio Agias Paraskevis, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Deeleman-Reinhold 1993, Gasparo 2003, Gasparo 2004a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
  • Spilaio Lavyrinthos Gortynas, Kulczynski 1903, Brignoli 1979a, Deeleman-Reinhold 1993, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Faistos / Closest settlement: Roufas
  • Spilaio Kritsas, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979b, Beron et al. 2004, Gasparo 2004a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Kritsa
  • Spilaio Milatou, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Deeleman-Reinhold 1993, Gasparo 2003, Gasparo 2004a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos
  • Spilaio Trapeza, Deeleman-Reinhold 1989, Gasparo 2003, Gasparo 2004a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Tzermiado
Comments

Only known from caves in cetral-eastern Crete. Synonymy: Harpactea vallei Brignoli, 1976

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.
  • 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.
  • 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. 1976. Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 539-578.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1989. Rhodera n. gen., hypogea n. sp., Araignée microphtalme de l΄ île de Crète, un Fossile Vivant? (Araneae: Dysderidae: Dysderinae). Mem. Biospeol., 16: 47-51.
  • Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. 1993. The genus Rhode and the harpacteine genera Stalagtia, Folkia, Minotauria and Kaemis (Araneae, Dysderidae) of Yugoslavia and Crete, with remarks on the genus Harpactea. Rev. Arachnol., 10 (6): 105-135.
  • Gasparo, F. 2003. Tre campagne biospeleologiche a Creta. Progressione, 48 (1): 59-62.
  • Gasparo, F. 2004. Note sul genere Minotauria Kulczynski, 1903, con ridescrizione del maschio di M. fagei (Kratochvíl, 1970) stat. nov. (Araneae, Dysderidae). Atti e Memorie della Commissione Grotte “E. Boegan”, 39: 51-65.
  • Kulczynski, W. 1903. Aranearum et Opilionum species in insula Creta a Comite Dre Carolo Attems collectae. Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Lett. Cracovie: 32-58.
  • 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. 2025. Minotauria attemsi Kulczynski, 1903. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 03.06.2021, Accessed 29.10.2025