Chthonius cryptus Chamberlin, 1962

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpionida
Family: Chthoniidae
Genus: Chthonius
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Kokkinou Vrachou
Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kokkinou Vrachou, Simon 1885, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Chamberlin 1962, Heurtault 1972, Mahnert 1975, Mahnert 1978, Mahnert 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia
Comments

Only known from the type locality. Originally described as Chthonius caecus by Simon (1885) and renamed by Chamberlin (1962) to Ch. cryptus.

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.
  • Chamberlin, J. 1962. New and little-known false scorpions, principally from caves, belonging to the famihes Chthoniidae and Neobisiidae (Arachnida, Chelonethida). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist., 123 (6): 303-352.
  • Heurtault, J. 1972. Chthonius C. petrochilosi (Arachnide, Pseudoscorpion, Chthonidae), nouvelle espèce cavernicole de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4: 19-25.
  • Mahnert, V. 1975. Griechische Höhlenpseudoskorpione. Rev. suisse Zool., 82 (1): 169-184.
  • Mahnert, V. 1978. Weitere Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida Pseudoscorpiones) aus griechische Höhlen. Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 273-298.
  • Mahnert, V. 1979. Pseudoskorpione (Arachnida) aus Höhlen Griechenlands, insbesondere Kretas. Arch. Sci. Genève, 32 (3): 213-233.
  • Simon, E. 1885. Arachnides recueillies dans la vallée de Tempe sur le mont Ossa (Thessalie) par M. le Dr. J. Stussiner (de Laibach). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr., 6 (5): 209-217.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Chthonius cryptus Chamberlin, 1962. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 20.09.2019, Accessed 09.10.2025