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Agelenidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Histopona  Thorell, 1870   23 species

Histopona luxurians (Kulczyński, 1897)

Description
Male

Male prosoma length: 2.6 mm, intensely coloured with contrasting pattern.

Female

Prosoma length: 2.55 mm.

Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Presence in Italy doubtful (P. Pantini, pers. comm.), therefore removed
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Austria to Ukraine and south-eastern Europe
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Distribution List
Albania   (Deltshev et al., 2011b) ||| Austria   (Kropf & Horak, 1996) ||| Bosnia and Herzegovina   (Komnenov, 2010) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Kosovo   (Geci et al., 2023) ||| Montenegro   (Naumova et al., 2019a) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Serbia   (Stanković, 2025) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Ukraine   (Fedoriak & Zhukovets, 2011) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Deeleman-Reinhold C L (1983) The genus Histopona Thorell (Araneae, Agelenidae) with description of two new cave-dwelling species. Mémoires de Biospéologie 10: 325-337 pdf

Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144 pdf

Fedoriak M, Zhukovets E (2011) Spiders of Chernivtsi city (Ukraine): a comparison actual species composition and species recorded by A. Roşsa (1930-1938). Biodiversitatea şi Managementul Insectelor din România. Simpozion (Suceava, 24-25 septembrie 2010). Suceava, Editura Universitâtii “Ştefan cel Mare”, pp. 157-169. pdf

Geci D, Naumova M, Ibrahimi H, Grapci-Kotori L, Gashi A, Bilalli A, Musliu M (2023) Contribution to spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae) from Bjeshkët e Nemuna mountains (Kosovo). Natura Croatica 32: 525-547 pdf

Komnenov M (2010) Checklist of spiders (Araneae) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Uzizaž i Biospeld 5(2009): 52-69 pdf

Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 pdf

Kropf C, Horak P (1996) Die Spinnen der Steiermark (Arachnida, Araneae). Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark Sonderheft: 1-112 pdf

Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna]. pdf

Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89 pdf

Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184 pdf

Stanković B (2025) Checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Serbia. In: Proceedings, 1st International Nature & Environment Conservation and Protected Areas Congress, Antalya. pp. 649-679. [note: Kosovo is included] pdf

Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107 pdf

Wiehle H (1964b) Spinnen aus Slovenien, II. Senckenbergiana Biologica 45: 641-652 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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