Dolichopoda graeca Chopard, 1964

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Peramatos
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Ioannina / Closest settlement: Perama
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Katakomves, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Ioannina / Closest settlement: Ioannina
  • Spilaio Peramatos, Chopard 1964, Boudou-Saltet 1970a, Us 1975, Willemse 1984, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Ioannina / Closest settlement: Perama
Comments

Only known from two caves.

IUCN Red List
VU - Vulnerable
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • Presidential Decree 67/1981 on the protection of native flora and fauna species (OGG 23/A/1981)
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Alexiou S, Bakolitsas K, Di Russo C, Rampini M. 2024. Four new Dolichopoda species from Greece, one Troglophilus new to Greece and new locality records (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Contributions to Entomology 74(1): 103-111. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e121614
  • Allegrucci, G., Trucchi, E. & Sbordoni, V. 2011. Tempo and mode of species diversification in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60 (1): 108-121.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1970. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce II. Une nouvelle espèce: D. vandeli. Biol. gallo-hellen., 3 (1): 89-97.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1985. Etat actuel de nos connaissances sur les orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 10: 259-263.
  • Chopard, L. 1964. Descriptions d΄Orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 69 (1-2): 17-20.
  • Di Russo, C., Rampini, M. & Cobolli, M. 2014. The cave crickets of Greece: a contribution to the study of Southern Balkan Rhaphidophoridae diversity (Orthoptera), with the description of a new species of Troglophilus Krauss , 1879. Biodiversity Journal, 5 (3): 397-420.
  • Us, P. A. 1975. Cave Orthoptera (Saltatoria: Raphidophoridae and Gryllidae) collected by Dr. Jean Gajac in Jugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. Ent. mon. Mag., 110: 182-192.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Dolichopoda graeca Chopard, 1964. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.07.2024, Accessed 19.04.2026