Savignia naniplopi

Taxobox
name = "Savignia naniplopi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Araneoidea
familia = Linyphiidae
genus = "Savignia"
species = "S. naniplopi"
binomial = "Savignia naniplopi"
binomial_authority = Bosselaers & Henderickx, 2002

"Savignia naniplopi" is a species of spider belonging to the family Linyphiidae. It is only known from two adjacent caves, Arkalospiliara and Doxa, in Heraklion Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece.

This is a very small spider with a total length (excluding legs) of only around 1.6 mm. All parts are a plain orange colour. The sexes are rather similar apart from the male having a distinctively shaped "snout" which carries two of the eight eyes.

The specific name is a Latin rendering of "Plop the gnome", a reference to the Belgian children's TV character Kabouter Plop. This refers to the subterranean habits of this species and also to the resemblance in shape of the "snout" of the male to Kabouter Plop's hat. The species was described by two Belgians.

References

*cite journal |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2002f/zt00109.pdf |title=A new "Savignia" from Cretan caves (Araneae: Linyphiidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=109 |year=2002 |author=Jan Bosselaers & Hans Henderickx |pages=1–8