Kryptonesticus henderickxi Bosselaers, 1998

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Nesticidae
Genus: Kryptonesticus

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Kourna
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kournas

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kourna, Bosselaers 1998, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Pavlek & Ribera 2017
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kournas

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NT - Near Threatened

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

PESI

NCBI

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. 1998. Nesticus henderickxi n.s. (Araneae, Nesticidae), a new blind trogrobitic spider from Crete. Bull. br. arachnol. Soc., 11 (1): 9-14.
• Pavlek, M. & Ribera, C. 2017. Kryptonesticus deelemanae gen. et sp. nov. (Araneae, Nesticidae), with notes on the Mediterranean cave species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 262: 1-27.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Kryptonesticus henderickxi Bosselaers, 1998. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.11.2025, Accessed 18.04.2026