Savignia naniplopi Bosselaers & Henderickx, 2002

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Savignia
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Arkalospilios
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Arkalospilios, Bosselaers & Henderickx 2002, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
  • Spilaio Doxa, Bosselaers & Henderickx 2002, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
  • Spilaio Melidoniou, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
Comments

Only known from three caves in Crete.

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.
  • Bosselaers, J. & Henderickx, H. 2002. A new Savignia from Cretan caves (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Zootaxa, 109: 1-8.
  • Gasparo, F. 2003. Tre campagne biospeleologiche a Creta. Progressione, 48 (1): 59-62.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Savignia naniplopi Bosselaers & Henderickx, 2002. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 29.11.2024, Accessed 29.10.2025