Otiorhynchus vailatianus Osella, 2008

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Otiorhynchus

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Riganiou
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Nafpaktos / Closest settlement: Rigani

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Riganiou, Osella 2008, Magnano & Alonso-Zarazaga 2013, Morrone & Hlaváč 2017
  Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Nafpaktos / Closest settlement: Rigani

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

GBIF

Species references

• Magnano, L. & Alonso-Zarazaga, M.Á. 2013. Otiorhynchini.. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 8. Curculionoidea II. Brill, Leiden, pp. 302–347.
• Morrone J. & Hlaváč P. 2017. Checklist of the micro- and anophthalmic soil-dwelling weevils of the world (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).. Zootaxa, 4239:1–102.
• Osella, G. 2008. Otiorhynchus (Ioniorhynchus?) vailatianus n. sp. (Coleoptera Curculionidae Entiminae).. Boll. Mus. civ. St. nat. Verona, 32: 87–90

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Otiorhynchus vailatianus Osella, 2008. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026