Phthiridium biarticulatum Hermann, 1804

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Nycteribiidae
Genus: Phthiridium

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

W Palaearctic

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Koufovounou, Hurka 1972, Beron 2016
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Evros / Municipality: Didymoteicho / Closest settlement: Koufovouno
• Spilaio Petralonon, Pieper 1965, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Chalkidiki / Municipality: Nea Propontida / Closest settlement: Petralona
• Spilaio Chrysopigis, Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Chrysopigi_
• Spilaio Pelade, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Oinousa
• Spilaio Drakotrypa, Pieper 1965, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Thessaloniki / Municipality: Volvi / Closest settlement: Vrasna
• Spilaio Kolympariou, Ševčík et al. 2013
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Kolympari
• Spilaio Tzani Spilios, Ševčík et al. 2013
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Lakkoi
• Spilaio Nychteridon, Pieper 1965, Beron 2016
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Karpathos / Closest settlement: Pigadia

Comments

Synonym: Stylidia biarticulata Hermann, 1804

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

• Aellen, V. 1955. Etude d΄ une collection de Nycterobiidae et de Streblidae (Diptera, Pupipara) de la région Palearctique occidentale, particulièrement de la Suisse. Bull. Soc. neuchatel. Sci. nat., 78: 81-104.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Hurka, K. 1972. Basilia mongolensis nudior subsp. n. nebst Bemerkungen zur Nycteribien- und Streblidenfauna Thrakiens (Diptera: Pupipara). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 76 (April): 709-713.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
• Pieper, H. 1965. Über einige Fledermaus-Parasiten aus Griechenland. Entom. Zeitschr., 75 (3): 26-29.
• Ševčík, M., Benda, P. & Lučan, R. K. 2013. Diptera Pupipara from bats of two large eastern Mediterranean islands, Crete and Cyprus. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 37: 31-37.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Phthiridium biarticulatum Hermann, 1804. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 28.03.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026