Hoplopholcus figulus Brignoli, 1971

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Hoplopholcus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Sykias Olympon, Huber 2020
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Chios / Municipality: Chios / Closest settlement: Olympoi
  • Spilaio Agiou Ioanni (Fousa), Gasparo 2006, Bosmans et al. 2009, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Lesvos / Municipality: Lesvos / Closest settlement: Kato Tritos
  • Varathro Megalos Votsos, Huber 2020
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Fournon Korseon / Closest settlement: Fournoi
  • Varathro Mikros Votsos, Huber 2020
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Fournon Korseon / Closest settlement: Fournoi
  • Quary "Metalleio" of Agios Kirykos, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Ikaria / Closest settlement: Agios Kirykos
  • Spilaio Raos tou Foutra, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Ikaria / Closest settlement: Petropoulio
Comments

The species is known from five Greek islands in the eastern Aegean (Lesvos, Samos, Chios, Ikaria, Fournoi (Huber 2020).

IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
DD - Data Deficient
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. , Baert, L., Bosselaers, J., De Koninck, H., Maelfait, J.-P., Van Keer, J. 2009. Spiders of Lesvos (Greece). A catalogue with all currently known spider reports from the Eastern Aegean Island of Lesbos.. Arachnological Contributions. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 24 (suppl.), 2-70.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Ragni di Grecia XI. Specie nuove o interessanti, cavernicole ed epigee. Rev. suisse Zool., 86 (1): 181-202.
  • Brignoli, P. M. 1979. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • Gasparo, F. 2006. Indagini faunistiche nelle grotte delle isole di Creta e Lesbos (Grecia). Progressione, 52 (1/2): 58-60.
  • Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Hoplopholcus figulus Brignoli, 1971. 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 02.05.2026