Sasatrombicula mediterranea Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1971

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Trombiculidae
Genus: Sasatrombicula

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Kryoneridas
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Vafes

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kryoneridas, Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean 1971, Beron 2016, Beron 2020
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Vafes

Comments

On Rhinolophus hipposideros.

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

GBIF

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Beron, P. 2020. Type specimens of Acari (Arachnida) in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia. I. Acariformes (Acaridida and Prostigmata). Historia naturalis bulgarica 41: 1-11
• Kolebinova, M. & Vercammen-Grandjean, P. H. 1971. Two new species of larval Trombiculids from isle Crete, Neotrombicula creta n.sp. and Sasatrombicula mediterranea n. sp. (Acarina, Trombiculidae). C. r. Acad. bulg. Sci., 24 (1): 91-94.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2025. Sasatrombicula mediterranea Kolebinova & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1971. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 24.02.2020, Accessed 09.10.2025