Chthonius ponticoides Mahnert, 1975

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Limnon
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Kastria

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Limnon, Mahnert 1975, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Kastria

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

• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Chthonius ponticoides Mahnert, 1975. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.09.2019, Accessed 09.10.2025