Cave fauna of Greece database

Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini & Fanzago, 1878

Higher Taxonomy: Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Haemaphysalis

Characterisation: Trogloxene

Distribution: Palaearctic

Distribution in caves of Greece

Spilaio Katafygi Dirou, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

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; NCBI

Species references

Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2025. Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini & Fanzago, 1878. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.02.2018, Accessed 09.10.2025