Histopona myops (Simon, 1885)
Description
Male
Retrolateral tibial apophysis almost trapezoid in posterior-retrolateral view. Conductor laminous, semicircular at base. Embolus whip-shaped, broadened at base. Prosoma and sternum yellow-orange. Chelicerae brown-orange. Legs yellow-orange. Opisthosoma white, with brown hairs.
Body length male: 6.7 mmFemale
Vulva with coiled copulatory ducts (3 coils).
Body length female: 7.6 mmAdditional information
Troglobiont species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1984b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1984b)
Tibial apophysis, retrolateral view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Tibial apophysis, dorsal view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Deltshev 1985b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Gasparo 2005b)
Vulva, ventral view
(Deltshev 1985b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Deltshev 1985b)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
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. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 
Brignoli P M (1984b) Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 91: 281-321
Deltshev C D (1985b) New data concerning cave spiders (Araneae) in Greece with description of a new Leptonetela (Araneae, Leptonetidae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 27: 41-45
Deltshev C, Petrov B (2008) The spiders (Araneae) in the caves of the western Rhodope Mountains (Bulgaria). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 60: 41-50
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Gasparo F (2005b) Note sulle Histopona Thorell, 1869, del gruppo myops di Grecia, con descrizione di una nuova specie cavernicola (Araneae, Agelenidae). Atti e Memorie, Commissione Grotte "Eugenio Boegan" 40: 17-35
Komnenov M (2002) Contribution to the study of spiders (Araneae) on Šar Planina Mountain, north-west Macedonia. Bulletin of the Biology Students’ Research Society 2: 103-110
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2