Rhodera hypogea Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Dysderidae
Genus: Rhodera

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Milatou
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Milatou, Deeleman-Reinhold 1989, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

CR - Critically Endangered

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Rhodera hypogea Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989. 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