Oonops mahnerti Brignoli, 1974

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Oonops

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Dimitras Melainas, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Ileia / Municipality: Zacharo / Closest settlement: Stomio
• Spilaio Mavri Spilia, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Ileia / Municipality: Zacharo / Closest settlement: Stomio
• Quary "Metalleio" of Agios Kirykos, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
  Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Ikaria / Closest settlement: Agios Kirykos

Comments

Peloponnisos, Aegean and Ionian Islands.

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

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.
• Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Oonops mahnerti Brignoli, 1974. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 02.06.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026