Syrioiulus andreevi Mauriès, 1984

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Julida
Family: Julidae
Genus: Syrioiulus

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Nymfon-Ancient Marble Quarry
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Paros / Municipality: Paros / Closest settlement: Marathi

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Nymfon-Ancient Marble Quarry, Mauriès & Karamaouna 1984, Mauriès 1984b, Stoev & Beron 2000, Beron 2016, Kime & Enghoff 2017
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Paros / Municipality: Paros / Closest settlement: Marathi

Comments

Only known from the type locality. Beron (2016) records it from a cave in Kythnos island but with no further documentation. 

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.
• Kime R.D. & Enghoff H. 2017. Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy 346: 1–299.
• Mauriès, J. P. & Karamaouna, M. 1984. Myriapodes-Diplopodes nouveaux et peu connus des îles Naxos, Paros et Antiparos (Cyclades, Grèce). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (1): 51-59.
• Mauriès, J. P. 1984. Les Diplopodes récoltés en 1982 par P. Beron et S. Andreev dans l΄ île de Thassos (Grèce). Thassoblaniulus, nouveau genre de Blaniulidae, Blaniulinae. Acta Zool. Bulg., 28: 52-59.
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Syrioiulus andreevi Mauriès, 1984. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 22.07.2021, Accessed 21.05.2026