Troglojapyx hauseri Pagés, 1980

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Entognatha
Order: Diplura
Family: Japygidae
Genus: Troglojapyx

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Koutouki
Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Koutouki, Pagés 1980, Beron 2016, Sendra et al. 2023
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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.
• Pagés, J. 1980. Dicellurata Genavensia VII. Japygides d΄ Europe et du bassin méditerranéen No 2. Rev. suisse Zool., 87 (2): 637-645.
• Sendra A, Sánchez-García A, Hoch H, Jiménez-Valverde A, Selfa J, Moutaouakil S, Du Preez G, Millar I & Ferreira, R L 2023. Life in darkness: an overview of cave-adapted japygids (Hexapoda, Diplura). European Journal of Taxonomy, 894(1), 1–54. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.894.2287

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Troglojapyx hauseri Pagés, 1980. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 30.10.2024, Accessed 19.04.2026