Chthonius graecus Beier, 1963

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpionida
Family: Chthoniidae
Genus: Chthonius

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Petala
Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Petalas island

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Petala, Beier 1963, Beier 1965, Mahnert 1975, Mahnert 1978, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Petalas island

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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

• Beier, M. 1963. Ordnung Pseudoscorpionidea (Afterskorpione). Bestimmungstab. Bodenf. Europas, 1: 1-313.
• Beier, M. 1965. Pseudoscorpiones aus Ostmediterranen Grotten. Fragm. Entomol., 4 (6): 85-90.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida.. Manchester University Press, 726 pp.
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Chthonius graecus Beier, 1963. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 28.05.2021, Accessed 09.10.2025