Cave fauna of Greece database

Telomerina flavipes (Meigen, 1830)

Higher Taxonomy: Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sphaeroceridae
Genus: Telomerina

Characterisation: Troglophile

Distribution: Cosmopolitan

Distribution in caves of Greece

Spilaio Limnon, Papp 1978, Beron 2016
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Kastria

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; NCBI

Species references

Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
Papp, L. 1978. Some cavernicolous Diptera of the Geneva Museum. Rev. suisse Zool., 85 (1): 99-106.

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Telomerina flavipes (Meigen, 1830). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 08.02.2018, Accessed 19.04.2026