Hoplopholcus minous Senglet, 1971

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Hoplopholcus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Turkey, Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Stylokamara, Naumova et al. 2016, Huber 2020
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Kasos / Closest settlement: Agia Marina
Comments

Known from Crete, southern Greece, the Aegean Islands, and western and southern Turkey (Huber 2020).

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
  • Huber B.A. 2020. Revision of the spider genus Hoplopholcus Kulczyński (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4726:1–94.
  • 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.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Hoplopholcus minous Senglet, 1971. 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 19.04.2026