Roncus novus Beier, 1931

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Katholikou
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Katholikou, Beier 1931a, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Harvey 1991
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
• Spilaio Melidoniou, Beier 1931a, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Harvey 1991
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni

Comments

Only known from 2 caves in Crete. Helversen & Martens (1972) note that caution and scepticism is needed for this species as the location asignment of Roever's samples proved to be problematic in several occasions.

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

• Beier, M. 1931. Pseudoscorpionidea. In Roewer C.Fr. Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta. III. Publisher, Bremen. pp. 91-101.
• Harvey, M.S. 1991. Catalogue of the Pseudoscorpionida.. Manchester University Press, 726 pp.
• Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
• Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Roncus novus Beier, 1931. 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