Ephippiochthonius schmalfussi (Schawaller, 1990)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpionida
Family: Chthoniidae
Genus: Ephippiochthonius
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Agiou Ioanni, Paragamian et al. 2018, Gardini & Gavalas 2021
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Irakleia
  • Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I, Beron 1985, Schawaller 1990, Gasparo 2009, Mahnert 2013, Beron 2016, Paragamian et al. 2018, Gardini & Gavalas 2021
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
  • Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis II, Mahnert 2013, Lips 2018, Paragamian et al. 2018, Gardini & Gavalas 2021
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
Comments

Only known from the type locality (caves Zoodochos I & II, Santorini island) and Agios Ioannis cave in Irakleia 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. 1985. On the cave fauna of the Greek islands of Sandorin and Iraklia, with preliminary description of a new pseudoscorpion. Grottes Bulgares, 3: 64-71.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Gardini G, Gavalas I 2021. The Pseudoscorpions of the island of Iraklia (Cyclades, Greece). Parnassiana Archives, 9: 43-78
  • Gasparo, F. 2009. La Grotta di Zoodochos Pigi a Santorini (Cicladi, Grecia) e la sua fauna. Progressione, 55 (1/2): 102-105.
  • Lips B 2018. Expédition biospéologique dans l’île de Santorin (Grèce). Echo des Vulcains, 75: 28-39
  • Mahnert, V. 2013. Nachträge zur Pseudoskorpionfauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) der Höhlen der Insel Santorin (Thera) (Kykladen , Griechenland). Rev. suisse Zool., 120 (1): 93-100.
  • Paragamian K, Gavalas I & Nikoloudakis I 2018. On the cave fauna of Antiparos and Irakleia Islands (Kyklades, Greece). 9th Panhellenic Ecology Conference (HELECOS), October 2018, University of Crete, Heraclion, Crete (in Greek)
  • 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 schmalfussi (Schawaller, 1990). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 19.01.2022, Accessed 09.10.2025