Chthonius petrochilosi Heurtault, 1972

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Kerateas
Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Lavreotiki / Closest settlement: Keratea

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kerateas, Heurtault 1972, Mahnert 1975, Mahnert 1978, Mahnert 1979, Beron 2016
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Lavreotiki / Closest settlement: Keratea
• Spilaio Koutouki, Mahnert 1979
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania

Comments

Only known from 2 caves in Attiki.

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.
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Chthonius petrochilosi Heurtault, 1972. 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