Leptonetela chiosensis Wang & Li, 2011

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Leptonetidae
Genus: Leptonetela
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Agiou Galaktos
Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Chios / Municipality: Chios / Closest settlement: Agio Gala
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Agiou Galaktos, Wang & Li 2011, Wang et al. 2017
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Chios / Municipality: Chios / Closest settlement: Agio Gala
Comments

Only known from the type locality

IUCN Red List
DD - Data Deficient
Greece's Red Data Book
DD - Data Deficient
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
IUCN Red List
Species references
  • Wang C., Li S. 2011. A further study on the species of the spider genus Leptonetela (Araneae: Leptonetidae). Zootaxa 90:1–90
  • Wang C.-X., Xu X., Li S.-Q. 2017. Integrative taxonomy of Leptonetela spiders (Araneae, Leptonetidae), with descriptions of 46 new species. Zoological Research 38:321–448
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Leptonetela chiosensis Wang & Li, 2011. 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 07.03.2026