Plusiocampa caprai Condé, 1950

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Entognatha
Order: Diplura
Family: Campodeidae
Genus: Plusiocampa

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Central-South Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Ermi, Sendra et al. 2020a
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Korinthia / Municipality: Xylokastro - Evrostini / Closest settlement: Zireia

Comments

Hypogean species inhabiting subterranean and soil habitats, found in six caves, one mine and two soil and MSS habitats in the Austrian, Italian, Slovenian and Swiss Alps (Sendra 2020). The specimens found in Ermis cave have a significant resemblance to P. caprae and were recorded as Plusiocampa (Plusiocampa) cf. caprai Condé, 1950  (Sendra 2020).

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

• Sendra A., Antić D., Barranco P., Borko Š., Christian E., Delić T., Fadrique F., Faille A., Galli L., Gasparo F., Georgiev D., Giachino P.M., Kováč L., Lukić M., Marcia P., Miculinić K., Nicolosi G., Palero F., Paragamian K., Pérez T., Polak S., Prieto C. 2020. Flourishing in subterranean ecosystems: Euro-Mediterranean Plusiocampinae and tachycampoids (Diplura, Campodeidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 591: 1–138. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.591

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Plusiocampa caprai Condé, 1950. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 11.01.2020, Accessed 18.04.2026