Cryptops beroni Matic & Stavropoulos, 1988

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Cryptopidae
Genus: Cryptops

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, Chamberlin 1956, Matic & Stavropoulos 1988, Zapparoli 1994, Stoev & Beron 2000, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki

Comments

Only known from the type locality. The identity of this species must be checked (Zapparoli 2002). Chamberlin (1956:51) cited Cryptops anomalans labyrinthicus from the cave of Katholiko.

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.
• Chamberlin, R. V. 1956. On a collection of chilopods from Crete. Ent. news, 67: 51-53.
• Matic, Z. & Stavropoulos, G. 1988. Contribution a la connaissance des Chilopodes de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 14 (1): 33-46.
• 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. Cryptops beroni Matic & Stavropoulos, 1988. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 01.06.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026