Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Hoplopholcus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Lavyrinthos Gortynas
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Faistos / Closest settlement: Roufas
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Psimaki, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Fylaki
  • Spilaio Xanthou, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kefalas
  • Spilaio Amoutses, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kokkino Chorio
  • Spilaio Petsi Spilios, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kokkino Chorio
  • Spilaio Kourna, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kournas
  • Spilaio Zoure, Senglet 1971, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kantanos - Selino / Closest settlement: Azogyres
  • Spilaio Agias Sofias, Senglet 1971, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kissamos / Closest settlement: Topolia
  • Spilaio Ellinospilios, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata
  • Spilaio Foli Spilios, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata
  • Spilaio Kromiri, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata
  • Spilaio Tzani Spilios, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Lakkoi
  • Spilaio Stravomyti, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Archanon - Asterousion / Closest settlement: Archanes
  • Varathro Pashley, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Archanon - Asterousion / Closest settlement: Archanes
  • Spilaio Chrysi, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Chersonisos
  • Spilaio Schista, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Kalo Chorio
  • Spilaio Neraidospilios , Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Karteros
  • Spilaio Agias Paraskevis, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1976, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
  • Spilaio Meires, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Faistos / Closest settlement: Alithini
  • Spilaio Mikro Lavyrinthaki, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Faistos / Closest settlement: Moroni
  • Spilaio Lavyrinthos Gortynas, Kulczynski 1903, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Faistos / Closest settlement: Roufas
  • Varathro Afentis Christos, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Gortyna / Closest settlement: Charakas
  • Spilaio Nychteridospilios, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Irakleio / Closest settlement: Ano Asites
  • Spilaio Kynigospilios, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Agia Pelagia
  • Varathro Trachinolakka, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Damasta
  • Varathro Rikomaschalo, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Gonies
  • Varathro Sarnitsolaki, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Gonies
  • Spilaio Arkalospilios, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
  • Spilaio Doxa, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
  • Varathro Palmeti Tafkos, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
  • Varathro Peristerotafkos, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
  • Spilaio Chonos Sarchou, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Sarchos
  • Spilaio Kamilari, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1984, Deltshev 1985, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos
  • Spilaio Schistra, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Minoa Pediadas / Closest settlement: Agia Paraskevi
  • Varathro Anonymi Latsida Gerakiou, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Minoa Pediadas / Closest settlement: Geraki
  • Spilaio Monis Kaleri, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Minoa Pediadas / Closest settlement: Kasteli
  • Varathro Latsida Monis Kaleri, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Minoa Pediadas / Closest settlement: Kasteli
  • Spilaio Vigla, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Viannos / Closest settlement: Ano Viannos
  • Spilaio Atsiganospilios, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Adrianou
  • Spilaio Maridon, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Adrianou
  • Spilaio Peristera, Roewer 1959, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Vrachasi
  • Spilaio Achnistra, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Ierapetra / Closest settlement: Chrysopigi
  • Spilaio Antichti, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Ierapetra / Closest settlement: Kalamafka
  • Spilaio Riza Patera, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Ierapetra / Closest settlement: Kalamafka
  • Spilaio Saranta Kamares, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Ierapetra / Closest settlement: Kalamafka
  • Spilaio Tou Sfakianou I Trypa, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Ierapetra / Closest settlement: Kalamafka
  • Spilaio Diktaio Antro, Senglet 1971, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro
  • Spilaio Trapeza, Brignoli 1984, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Tzermiado
  • Spilaio Vreikou, Gasparo 2006, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Pefkoi
  • Spilaio Pagonas Spilio, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Agios Vasileios / Closest settlement: Agios Vasileios
  • Varathro Stou Diakoumou ti Riza, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Amari / Closest settlement: Platanos
  • Spilaio Sta Tigania, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Avdelas
  • Spilaio Kamariti, Senglet 1971, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Axos
  • Spilaio Kato Marathospilio, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Kynigiana
  • Spilaio Lamias, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Kynigiana
  • Spilaio Melidoniou, Roewer 1928, Senglet 1971, Brignoli 1979a, Brignoli 1984, Gasparo 2003, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Naumova et al. 2016, Eberle et al 2018, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
  • Spilaio Trypiti, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Argyroupoli
  • Spilaio Nychteridospilios, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Maroulas
  • Spilaio Fantaxospiliara, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979a, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Bosmans et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Prinos
  • Spilaio Simoneli, Huber 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Rethymno
Comments

All Roever's citations of Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781) in Crete (1928 & 1959) are considered here as Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczyński, 1903). According to Brignioli (1979) and Bosmans et al. (2013), these citations were erroneous. Bosmans et al. (2013), after the re-examination of Roewer’s material from Sarchos cave, they assigned all these citations to Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczyński, 1903) and excluded P. olilionoides from the spider's list of Crete as they didn’t collect it during extensive sampling. Furthermore, H. labyrinthi was misidentified in previous publications as H. minotaurinus in the caves of Megalo Katofygi, Koufota, Karoubes and Milatos (Huber 2020). The species is widely distributed in Crete, known mostly from caves.

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.
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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. 1976. Ragni di Grecia IX. Specie nuove o interessanti delle famiglie Leptonetidae, Dysderidae, Pholcidae ed Agelenidae (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 539-578.
  • 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. 1984. Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Rev. suisse Zool., 91 (2): 281-321.
  • Deltshev, C. 1985. New data conserning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zool. Bulg., 27: 41-45.
  • Eberle J, Dimitrov D, Valdez-mondragón A, Huber BA 2018. Microhabitat change drives diversification in pholcid spiders. BMC Evol Biol 18, 141 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1244-8
  • Gasparo, F. 2003. Tre campagne biospeleologiche a Creta. Progressione, 48 (1): 59-62.
  • 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.
  • Kulczynski, W. 1903. Aranearum et Opilionum species in insula Creta a Comite Dre Carolo Attems collectae. Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Lett. Cracovie: 32-58.
  • 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. 1928. XI. Araneae. Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta II. Publisher, Bremen. pp. 92-124.
  • 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.
  • Senglet, A. 1971. Note sur les Pholcidae de Grèce. Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges., 44: 345-359.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczynski, 1903). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 25.01.2020, Accessed 29.10.2025