Onychiuroides cerberus Pomorski, 2006

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Entognatha
Order: Poduromorpha
Family: Onychiuridae
Genus: Onychiuroides
Characterisation
Troglobiont?
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Folia Drakou
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Kato Nevrokopi / Closest settlement: Potamoi
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Folia Drakou, Pomorski 2006, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016, Fiera et al. 2021
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Kato Nevrokopi / Closest settlement: Potamoi
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
No links to other databases
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2011. The invertebrate cave fauna of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pages 583-662 in Beron P. (ed.) Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 4. Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) II. Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist. Sofia,
  • Fiera C, Arbea JI, Vargovitsh RS, & Barjadze S 2021. A synthesis on troglobitic springtails in Europe. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59, 1874– 1890. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12560
  • Pomorski, R. J. 2006. Revision of the genus Onychiuroides Bagnall, 1948 (Collembola: Onychiuridae: Onychiurinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 37 (1): 39-69.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Onychiuroides cerberus Pomorski, 2006. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 24.12.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026