Neobisium spilianum Schawaller, 1985

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpionida
Family: Neobisiidae
Genus: Neobisium

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Panagias Spilianis
Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Pythagoreio

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Panagias Spilianis, Schawaller 1985, Harvey 1991, Henderickx & Vets 2000, Beron 2016
  Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Pythagoreio

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.
• Henderickx, H. & Vets, V. 2000. Neobisium (Omatoblothrus) epirensis sp. nov., a new troglobitic pseudoscorpion from Epirus (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae). Phegea, 28 (3): 83-86.
• Schawaller, W. 1985. Liste griechischer Neobisiidae mit neuen Höhlenfunden in Epirus, auf Samos und Kreta (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 386: 1-8.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Neobisium spilianum Schawaller, 1985. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 17.04.2026