Cataleptoneta sengleti (Brignoli, 1974)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Leptonetidae
Genus: Cataleptoneta
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Melidoniou
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Diktaio Antro, Déjean 2022
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro
  • Spilaio Melidoniou, Brignoli 1974b, Kratochvíl 1978, Brignoli 1984, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Gasparo 2006, Le Peru 2011, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016, Ballarin et al. 2020, Ledford et al. 2021
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
Comments

Only known from two caves in Crete.

IUCN Red List
CR - Critically Endangered
Greece's Red Data Book
CR - Critically Endangered
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
Species references
  • Ballarin F., Salmaso R. & Latella L. 2020. The arachnological collections of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Verona (Italy): an overview. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 60:23-26
  • 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. 1974. Araignées de Grèce VIII. Quelques Leptonetidae de la Laconie et de l΄ île de Crète (Arachnida, Araneae). Ann. Speleol., 29 (1): 63-70.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Déjean S. 2022 2022. Sur quelques araignées récoltées entre 1956 et 1969 par Henry Coiffait, retrouvées dans les collections Denis et Dresco (Araneae). Bulletin de l’Association Française d’Arachnologie, 7, 4–41
  • Gasparo, F. 2003. Tre campagne biospeleologiche a Creta. Progressione, 48 (1): 59-62.
  • Gasparo, F. 2006. Indagini faunistiche nelle grotte delle isole di Creta e Lesbos (Grecia). Progressione, 52 (1/2): 58-60.
  • Kratochvíl, J. 1978. Araignées cavernicoles des îles Dalmates. Přírodovědné práce ústavů Československé Akademie Věd v Brně (N. S.), 12(4): 1-59
  • Le Peru, B. 2011. The Spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data. Vol. 1: Atypidae - Theridiidae. Mém. Soc. Linn., Lyon, 2: 1-522.
  • Ledford J, Derkarabetian S, Ribera C, Starrett J, Bond J, Griswold C, Hedin M. 2021. Phylogenomics and biogeography of leptonetid spiders (Araneae: Leptonetidae).. Invertebrate Systematics, 35: 332–349
  • Naumova, M., Lazarov, S., Petrov, B. & Deltshev, C. 2016. New faunistic data on the cave-dwelling spiders in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 7: 425-438.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Cataleptoneta sengleti (Brignoli, 1974). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 17.11.2025, Accessed 18.04.2026