Dolichopoda petrochilosi Chopard, 1954

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Panos
Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Dytiki Attiki / Municipality: Fyli / Closest settlement: Fyli
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Koutouki, Chopard 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Boudou-Saltet 1970a, Boudou-Saltet & Capolongo 1975, Boudou-Saltet 1980, Boudou-Saltet 1982, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania
  • Spilaio Panos, Chopard 1954, Lindberg 1955d, Willemse 1984, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Dytiki Attiki / Municipality: Fyli / Closest settlement: Fyli
  • Spilaio Rachi I, Chopard 1955, Boudou-Saltet 1980, Willemse 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Agia Paraskevi / Closest settlement: Agia Paraskevi
  • Spilaio Ntaveli, Chopard 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Boudou-Saltet & Capolongo 1975, Boudou-Saltet 1980, Willemse 1984, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Allegrucci et al. 2021
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Voreios Tomeas Attikis / Municipality: Penteli / Closest settlement: Nea Penteli
Comments

Known from 4 caves in Attiki.

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
  • 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
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. & Capolongo, D. 1975. Le spermatophore chez quelques espèces de Dolichopoda (Orth. Rhaph) de Grèce et d΄ Italie. Biol. gallo-hellen., 6 (1): 3-8.
  • 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. 1980. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce IX. Une espèce nouvelle en Eubée: Dolichopoda makrykapa. Biol. gallo-hellen., 9 (1): 123-134.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1982. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce X. Le cycle biologique (en élevage) des espèces D. petrochilosi et D. thasosensis. Biol. gallo-hellen., 9 (2): 277-284.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1985. Etat actuel de nos connaissances sur les orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 10: 259-263.
  • Chopard, L. 1954. Contribution à l΄ étude des Orthopteroides cavernicoles. Notes biospeol., 9: 27-36.
  • Chopard, L. 1955. Les Dolichopodes de Grèce. Notes biospeol., 10: 31-34.
  • 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.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Dolichopoda petrochilosi Chopard, 1954. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.03.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026