Dolichopoda kiriakii Rampini & Di Russo, 2008

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Agias Kyriakis
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Preveza / Municipality: Parga / Closest settlement: Parga

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agias Kyriakis, Rampini et al. 2008, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Preveza / Municipality: Parga / Closest settlement: Parga

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

NT - Near Threatened

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

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

Check Databases

GBIF

IUCN Red List

NCBI

Species references

• 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.
• 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.
• Rampini, M., Di Russo, C., Pavesi, F. & Cobolli, M. 2008. The genus Dolichopoda in Greece. A description of new species from the Ionian Regions and Peloponnisos (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Zootaxa, 17 (1923): 1-17.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Dolichopoda kiriakii Rampini & Di Russo, 2008. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 28.05.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026