Palliduphantes epaminondae (Brignoli, 1979)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Palliduphantes

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Korykeio Antro
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Delfoi

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Korykeio Antro, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Deeleman-Reinhold 1985, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Ballarin et al. 2020
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Delfoi

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

Greece's Red Data Book

LC - Least Concern

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.
• 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. 1985. Contribution à la connaissance des Lepthyphantes du groupe pallidus (Araneae, Linyphiidae) de Yougoslavie, Grece et Chypre. Mem. Biospeol., 12: 37-50.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Palliduphantes epaminondae (Brignoli, 1979). 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 17.03.2026