Nesticus cellulanus (Clerck, 1757)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Nesticidae
Genus: Nesticus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Holarctic
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Maara, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis
  • Spilaio Koufovounou, Beron et al. 2004, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Evros / Municipality: Didymoteicho / Closest settlement: Koufovouno
  • Spilaio Agias Elenis, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Kavala / Closest settlement: Zygos
  • Spilaio Trypa Pachnis, Naumova et al. 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Xanthi / Municipality: Mykis / Closest settlement: Pachni
  • Spilaio Gkoloubintsas, Roewer 1959, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria
  • Spilaio Apano Skalas, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Paparadon, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Agiou Georgiou, Naumova et al. 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kilkis / Municipality: Kilkis / Closest settlement: Kilkis
  • Spilaio Alistratis, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Nea Zichni / Closest settlement: Alistrati
  • Spilaio Chrysopigis, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Chrysopigi_
  • Spilaio Pelade, Naumova et al. 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Oinousa
  • Spilaio Pestereta, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Oreini
  • Spilaio Kokkalia Trypa, Mammola et al. 2019
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Magnisia / Municipality: Almyros / Closest settlement: Pteleos
IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2004. The Invertebrate cave fauna of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, P & A. Popov (eds). A. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, pp. 791-822.
  • 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.
  • Mammola S, Cardoso P, Angyal D, Balázs G, Blick T, Carter J, Danflous S, Dányi L, Déjean S, Elverici M, Fernández J, Gasparo F, Komnenov M, Ková L, Bo K, Mock A, Moldovan O, Pavlek M, Prieto C E, Ribera C, Rozwa R, Vargovitsh R S, Zaenker S, Isaia M. 2019. Continental data on cave-dwelling spider communities across Europe (Arachnida : Araneae). Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e38492:1–15.
  • Naumova, M., Lazarov, S., Petrov, B. & Deltshev, C. 2016. New faunistic data on the cave-dwelling spiders in the Balkan Peninsula (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina, 7: 425-438.
  • Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Nesticus cellulanus (Clerck, 1757). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 24.11.2024, Accessed 08.02.2026