Roncus corcyraeus Beier, 1963

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpionida
Family: Neobisiidae
Genus: Roncus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Megali Grava
Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Megali Grava, Mahnert 1973, Mahnert 1975, Mahnert 1978, Schawaller 1981, Gardini 1985, Gardini 1988, Harvey 1991, Mahnert & Gardini 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses
  • Spilaio Karoucha, Mahnert 1975, Mahnert & Gardini 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Syvros
Comments

Known from caves in 2 Ionian islands (Kerkyra & Lefkada) and in Ipeiros.

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.
  • Gardini, G. 1985. Su alcuni Pseudoscorpioni cavernicoli di Grecia (Pseudoscorpionida, Neobisidae). Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. nat. Torino, 3 (1): 53-64.
  • Gardini, G. 1988. Pseudoscorpioni cavernicoli greci, con descrizione di Chthonius (E.) gasparoi n. sp. della Macedonia (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). Atti Mem. Comm. Grotte "E. Boegan", 27: 57-62.
  • Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida.. Manchester University Press, 726 pp.
  • Mahnert, V. & Gardini, G. 2014. Cave-inhabiting pseudoscorpion species of the genus Roncus (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from western Greece, including the Ionian Islands. Arachnol. Mitt., 48: 28-37.
  • Mahnert, V. 1973. Über griechische Pseudoskorpione II: Höhlenpseudoskorpione (Pseudoscorpiones, Neobisiidae) von Korfu. Rev. suisse Zool., 80 (1): 207-223.
  • 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.
  • Schawaller, W. 1981. Eine neue troglobionte Roncus - Art und weitere Pseudoskorpione von den Nördlichen Sporaden (Ägäis) (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones). Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 344: 1-9.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Roncus corcyraeus Beier, 1963. 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 09.10.2025