Ephippiochthonius samius (Mahnert, 1982)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Panagias Makrynis
Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Kallithea

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agias Triadas, Mahnert 1982, Schawaller 1990, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
  Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Kallithea
• Spilaio Panagias Makrynis, Mahnert 1982, Schawaller 1990, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
  Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Kallithea
• Spilaio Panagias Spilianis, Mahnert 1982, Schawaller 1990, Harvey 1991, Beron 2016
  Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Pythagoreio

Comments

Only known from 3 caves in Samos island.

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. 1982. Neue höhlenbewohnende Pseudoskorpione aus Spanien, Malta und Griechenland, (Arachnida Pseudoscorpiones). Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges., 55: 297-304.
• Schawaller, W. 1990. Zwei neue höhlenbewohnende Chthonius-Arten (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) von den Griechischen Inseln Santorin und Chios. Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 8: 417-424.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Ephippiochthonius samius (Mahnert, 1982). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 01.07.2021, Accessed 09.10.2025