Dolichopoda pavesii Galvagni, 2002

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Drakospilia Avythou
Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Agios Nikolaos
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Drakospilia Avythou, Werner 1927b, Galvagni 2002, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Agios Nikolaos
  • Spilaio Drogkaratis, Rampini et al. 2008, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Chaliotata
Comments

Known from 2 caves in Kefalonia island.

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
NCBI
Species references
  • Allegrucci, G., Ketmaier, V., Di Russo, C., Rampini, M., Sbordoni, V. & Cobolli, M. 2017. Molecular phylogeography of Troglophilus cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): A combination of vicariance and dispersal drove diversification in the East Mediterranean region. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.: 1-16.
  • 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.
  • Galvagni, A. 2002. Una nuova Dolichopoda (s.str) de Grecia: D. pavesii n.sp. dell’ isola di Kefallenia (Insecta, Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Atti Acc. Rov. Agiati A., 2: 5-15.
  • 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.
  • Werner, F. 1927. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Griechenlands (Reptilia - Amphibia - Scorpiones - Orthoptera - Isoptera - Apterygota). Zool. Anz., 70: 135-151.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Dolichopoda pavesii Galvagni, 2002. 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