Dolichopoda kikladica Di Russo & Rampini, 2018

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Kalampaki
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Paros / Municipality: Paros / Closest settlement: Dryos
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kalampaki, Di Russo et al. 2018
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Paros / Municipality: Paros / Closest settlement: Dryos
Comments

Known from caves in Paros island.Di Russo et al. (2018) report that “except for the type locality, cave cricket populations obviously belonging to the same species were observed in six other caves or old mines of the island, all by Giorgos Anousakis and Vasilis Tsigonias: a) cave of Agios Georgios (37°01.287’N, 025°12.776’E), on the same hill and on the same day as the type material. This is a much smaller cave situated at an altitude of 358 m, a few meters away from the Monastery of Agios Georgios; b) cave of Krevatarias (37°02.802’N, 025°10.889’E), visited on 28.XII.2014, situated on Mt Agioi Pantes, at the altitude of 656 m; c) unnamed pitfall (37°01.410’N, 025°11.169’E), at the area of Langada, south of Paros town, at an altitude of 610 m, visited on 18.IV.2015; d) two abandoned mines, a few meters away from each other, (37°03.267’N, 025°09.876’E), at the area of Aliparta, west of the town of Paros, at an altitude of 455 m, visited on 11.XII.2016; e) cave To Moutsno (37°03.216’N, 025°11.039’E), Mt Agioi Pantes, at an altitude of 557 m, visited on 02.IV.2017; and f ) Pitfall Sti Xoni (37°02.224’N, 025°11.189’E), Mt Agioi Pantes, at an altitude of 584 m, visited on 27.IV.2017.”

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
No links to other databases
Species references
  • Di Russo C., Rampini M., Chimenti C. & Alexiou S. 2018. New species of Dolichopoda BolĂ­var, 1880 (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) from the Aegean Islands of Andros, Paros and Kinaros (Greece). Zoosystema 40 (20): 469-479
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Dolichopoda kikladica Di Russo & Rampini, 2018. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.06.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026