Macronyssus rhinolophi (Oudemans, 1902)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Macronyssidae
Genus: Macronyssus

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Europe?

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Cave near Lake Volvi, Hirst 1922, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Thessaloniki / Municipality: Volvi / Closest settlement: NA

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

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Hirst, S. 1922. On some new parasitic mites. Proc. zool. Soc. London: 769-802.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Macronyssus rhinolophi (Oudemans, 1902). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 23.04.2018, Accessed 09.10.2025