Meta bourneti Simon, 1922

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Meta
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Europe to Georgia, North Africa
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Agias Elenis, Deltshev 1985, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Kavala / Closest settlement: Zygos
  • Spilaio Mavri Trypa, Naumova et al. 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Kavala / Closest settlement: Zygos
  • Spilaio Irakleitsas, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Pangaio / Closest settlement: Nea Irakleitsa
  • Spilaio Drakotrypa, Deltshev 1985, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Thasos / Closest settlement: Panagia
  • Spilaio Maroneias, Naumova et al. 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Rodopi / Municipality: Maroneia - Sapes / Closest settlement: Maroneia
  • Spilaio Koutouki, Hadjissarantos 1940, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016, Mammola et al. 2019
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania
  • Spilaio Rachi I, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Agia Paraskevi / Closest settlement: Agia Paraskevi
  • Spilaio Pera Spilia, Deltshev 1985, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Erymanthos / Closest settlement: Alepochori
  • Spilaio Pataragkou Trypa, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria
  • Spilaio Apano Skalas, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Paparadon, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Avras, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Almopia / Closest settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou
  • Spilaio Voudli, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Edessa / Closest settlement: Edessa
  • Spilaio Pestereta, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Oreini
  • Anonymous cave I at Kapnofyto, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Sintiki / Closest settlement: Kapnofyto
  • Anonymous cave II at Kapnofyto, Roewer 1959, Brignoli 1979b, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Sintiki / Closest settlement: Kapnofyto
  • Spilaio Stavrou, Hadjissarantos 1940, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Thessaloniki / Municipality: Volvi / Closest settlement: Stavros
  • Spilaio Trypa tou Kalyvaki, Brignoli 1984, Bosmans & Chatzaki 2005, Beron 2016
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Korinthia / Municipality: Korinthos / Closest settlement: Klenia
  • Spilaio Skoteini, Deltshev 1985, Beron 2016
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Kymi - Aliveri / Closest settlement: Tharounia
  • Spilaio Fylakis, Naumova et al. 2016
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Magnisia / Municipality: Almyros / Closest settlement: Fylaki
  • Spilaio Kokkalia Trypa, Naumova et al. 2016
    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.
  • 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. Considérations zoogéographiques sur les Araignées cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 8: 223-236.
  • 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.
  • Hadjissarantos, H. 1940. Les Araignées de l’Attique. . pp. 1-132.
  • 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. 2024. Meta bourneti Simon, 1922. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 15.02.2018, Accessed 17.05.2024