Bilobella matsakisi Cassagnau, 1968

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Entognatha
Order: Poduromorpha
Family: Neanuridae
Genus: Bilobella

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Greece, Albania

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Panos, Cassagnau 1967, Cassagnau 1969, Dányi 2010
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Dytiki Attiki / Municipality: Fyli / Closest settlement: Fyli
• Spilaio Sklavounakou, Cassagnau 1967, Cassagnau 1969, Dányi 2010, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

Comments

Known from mainland Greece and Albania.

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.
• Cassagnau, P. 1967. Diagnoses preliminaires de deux nouveaux Bilobella de Grèce (Collemboles Neanuridae). Biol. gallo-hellen., 1 (1): 50-52.
• Cassagnau, P. 1969. Les espèces européennes du genre Bilobella (Collemboles Neanuridae). Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., Paris, 40 (2): 299-304.
• Dányi, L. 2010. Review of the genus Bilobella Caroli, 1912 in the Balkan Peninsula with description of a new species (Collembola: Neanuridae). Zootaxa, 2605: 27-44.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Bilobella matsakisi Cassagnau, 1968. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.09.2019, Accessed 21.05.2026