Charinus ioanniticus (Kritscher, 1959)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Charinidae
Genus: Charinus

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Greece, Egypt, Israel, Turkey

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Subterranean passages of the ancient city of Rhodes, Blick & Seiter 2016
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Rodos / Municipality: Rodos / Closest settlement: Rodos

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

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

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

Species references

• Blick, T. & Seiter, M. 2016. Whip spiders (Amblypygi, Arachnida) of the Western Palaearctic - a review. Zootaxa, 4161 (4): 586-592.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Charinus ioanniticus (Kritscher, 1959). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 21.05.2026