Leiobunum ghigii Caporiacco, 1929

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Phalangiidae
Genus: Leiobunum

Characterisation

Trogloxene?

Distribution

E Mediterranean

Locus Typicus

Underground aqueduct I, Afantou
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Rodos / Municipality: Rodos / Closest settlement: Afantou

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Underground aqueduct I, Afantou, Di Caporiacco 1929, Ghigi 1929, Gruber 1978, Beron 2016
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Rodos / Municipality: Rodos / Closest settlement: Afantou
• Spilaio Nymfaio, Gruber 1978
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Rodos / Municipality: Rodos / Closest settlement: Rodos

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

VU - Vulnerable

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.
• Di Caporiacco, L. 1929. Aracnidi. In Ghigi A.;R. Issel;A. Brian;R. Sanducci;V. Citterio;F. Alzani. Ricerche faunistiche nelle isole Italiane dell΄Egeo. Publisher. pp. 351-372.
• Ghigi, A. 1929. Risultati generali e conclusioni. In A. Ghigi, R. Issel, A. Brian, R. Sanducci, V. Citterio, F. Alzani. Ricerche faunistiche nelle isole Italiane dell΄Egeo. Arch. zool. ital. 13: 423-484.
• Gruber, V. J. 1978. Weberknechte (Opiliones, Arach.) von Inseln der Ägäis. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 81: 567-573.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Leiobunum ghigii Caporiacco, 1929. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 22.11.2025, Accessed 19.04.2026