Plusiocampa rhea Sendra, 2020

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Idaio Antro
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Anogeia / Closest settlement: Anogeia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Idaio Antro, Sendra et al. 2020a
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Anogeia / Closest settlement: Anogeia

Comments

Only known from the type locality (Idaio Antro cave) and two more sites in central Crete.

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

No links to other databases

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 rhea Sendra, 2020. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 26.11.2025, Accessed 18.04.2026