Ovaliptila kinzelbachi (Harz, 1971)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Gryllidae
Genus: Ovaliptila

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Grylon
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Karpathos / Closest settlement: Karpathos

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Grylon, Harz 1971, Popov 1984, Willemse 1984, Gorochov 2006, Beron 2016
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Karpathos / Closest settlement: Karpathos

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

VU - Vulnerable

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Gorochov, A. V. 2006. A new genus of the tribe Petaloptilini (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllomorphinae) and the partial revision of species included. Far Eastern Entomologist, 160: 1-11.
• Harz, K. 1971. Orthopterologische Beiträge IX. Atalanta (B), 3 (5): 331-338.
• Popov, A. 1984. Le genre Discoptila Pant. (Orthoptera, Gryllidae). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (1): 65-78.
• Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Ovaliptila kinzelbachi (Harz, 1971). 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 19.04.2026