Dolichopoda paraskevii Boudou-Saltet, 1973

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Agias Paraskevis
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Agias Paraskevis, Chopard 1957, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Rampini et al. 2012, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016, Taylan & Şirin 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2021, Kotitsa et al. 2025
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
  • Spilaio Atsiganospilios, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Taylan & Şirin 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2021
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Adrianou
  • Spilaio Tafos, Kotitsa et al. 2025
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Kroustas
  • Spilaio Milatou, Chopard 1957, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991, Bacceti 1992, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos
  • Spilaio Peristera, Chopard 1957, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991, Bacceti 1992
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Vrachasi
  • Latsida Xirolimnis, Kotitsa et al. 2025
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Xirolimni
  • Spilaio Diktaio Antro, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro
  • Spilaio Trapeza, Wittmann et al 2018
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Tzermiado
Comments

Known from caves in CE Crete.

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
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
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.
  • Allegrucci G, Rampini M, Chimenti C, Alexiou S & Di Russo C. 2021. Dolichopoda cave crickets from Peloponnese (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): molecular and morphological investigations reveal four new species for Greece. The European Zoological Journal, 88(1): 505-524, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1902005
  • Bacceti, B. 1992. Notulae orthopterologicae. 50. Su alcuni ortotteroidei del Mediterraneo orientale. Fragm. Entomol., 23 (2): 247-270.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1973. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce VIII. Nouvelles espèces de Crète. Biol. gallo-hellen., 5 (1): 57-63.
  • Chopard, L. 1957. Notes sur les Orthoptères cavernicoles de Crète. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 62 (1-2): 26-28.
  • 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.
  • Kollaros, D., Paragamian, K. & Legakis, A. 1991. Revision of the genus Troglophilus (Orthoptera, Raphidophoridae) in Crete, Greece. Int. J. Speleol., 20: 37-45.
  • Kotitsa N, Chobanov D, Trichas A, Mylonas M 2025. New and noteworthy records of Orthoptera (Insecta) from Crete (Greece) and its satellite islets.. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 68(1): 143-217. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.68.e151701
  • Rampini, M., Di Russo, C., Taylan, M. S., Gelosa, A. & Cobolli, M. 2012. Four new species of Dolichopoda Bolivar, 1880 from Southern Sporades and Western Turkey (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Dolichopodainae). ZooKeys, 201: 43-58.
  • Taylan M.S., Şirin D. 2016. Speciation of the genus Dolicophoda in Anatolia with reference to the role of ancient central lake system. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 47(3): 267-283
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
  • Wittmann, H., Illich, I. & Nowotny, G. 2018. Orthopteren-Beobachtungen auf der Insel Kreta (Griechenland). Salzburger Entomolog. Arbeitsgem. Haus der Natur, Newsletter, Sonderausg. 2018: 1-25.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Dolichopoda paraskevii Boudou-Saltet, 1973. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.07.2025, Accessed 25.10.2025