Kryptonesticus beshkovi (Deltshev, 1979)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Nesticidae
Genus: Kryptonesticus
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Trapeza
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Tzermiado
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Trapeza, Brignoli 1979a, Deltshev 1979, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Tzermiado
Comments
Only known from the type locality.
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
IUCN Red List
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.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Deltshev, C. 1979. A contribution to the study of Cave Spiders (Araneae) in Greece. Four new species (Aaraneae, Nesticidae, Linyphiidae) from the Islands of Crete and Thera. Acta Zool. Bulg., 13: 53-63.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Kryptonesticus beshkovi (Deltshev, 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 17.04.2026