Mediostoma vitynae (Roewer, 1927)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Nemastomatidae
Genus: Mediostoma

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Drakotrypia
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Gortynia / Closest settlement: Vytina

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Drakotrypia, Roewer 1927, Roewer 1951, Schönhofer et al. 2013, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Gortynia / Closest settlement: Vytina

Comments

Known from Peloponissos and Crete.

IUCN Red List

NT - Near Threatened

Greece's Red Data Book

NT - Near Threatened

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Roewer, C. F. 1927. Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta. I. Abh. Natwiss. Ver. Brem., 26 (3): 425-460.
• Roewer, C. F. 1951. Uber Nemastomatiden. Weitere Weberknechte XVI.. Senckenbergiana 32(1/4):95–153
• Schönhofer, A. L., Karaman, I. M. & Martens, J. 2013. Revision of the genus Trogulus Latreille: The morphologically divergent Trogulus torosus species-group of the Balkan Peninsula (Opiliones: Dyspnoi: Trogulidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 167 (3): 360-388.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Mediostoma vitynae (Roewer, 1927). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 17.11.2025, Accessed 19.04.2026