Lithobius cretaicus Matic, 1980

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Lithobius

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Kamilari
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kamilari, Matic 1980, Zapparoli 1994, Stoev & Beron 2000, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

CR - Critically Endangered

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.
• Matic, Z. 1980. Chilopodes recueillis dans l΄ île Créta. Acta Zool. Bulg., 15: 99-102.
• Stoev, P. & Beron, P. 2000. On the type specimens of Myriapoda (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia.. Arthropoda Selecta 9:91–102.
• Zapparoli, M. 1994. Note tassonomiche e faunistiche su Chilopodi della Grecia (Chilopoda). Fragm. Entomol., 26 (1): 11-66.
• Zapparoli, M. 2002. A catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragm. Entomol., 34 (1): 1-146.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Lithobius cretaicus Matic, 1980. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 28.04.2021, Accessed 21.05.2026