Troglophilus marinae Rampini & Di Russo, 2003

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Troglophilus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis I, Beron 1985, Bacceti 1992, Di Russo & Rampini 2001, Rampini & Di Russo 2003, Gasparo 2009, Alexiou et al. 2013, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
  • Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis II, Beron 1985, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Thira / Closest settlement: Kamari
Comments

Only known from the type locality. The record of T. spinulosus (Bacceti 1992) from Santorini island (cave Agios Nikolaos, leg. Cobolli 10.9.1988) should be attributed to Troglophilus marinae from Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis as Rampini et Di Russo (2003) studied the very specimens collected by Cobolli. 

IUCN Red List
CR - Critically Endangered
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
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Species references
  • Alexiou, S., Di Russo, C. & Rampini, M. 2013. The family Rhaphidophoridae (Orthoptera) in Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 1: 51-58.
  • 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.
  • Bacceti, B. 1992. Notulae orthopterologicae. 50. Su alcuni ortotteroidei del Mediterraneo orientale. Fragm. Entomol., 23 (2): 247-270.
  • Beron, P. 1985. On the cave fauna of the Greek islands of Sandorin and Iraklia, with preliminary description of a new pseudoscorpion. Grottes Bulgares, 3: 64-71.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Di Russo, C. & Rampini, M. 2001. The Zoodochos cave in Santorini Island. Mem. Biospeol., 55: 201-202.
  • 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.
  • Gasparo, F. 2009. La Grotta di Zoodochos Pigi a Santorini (Cicladi, Grecia) e la sua fauna. Progressione, 55 (1/2): 102-105.
  • Rampini, M. & Di Russo, C. 2003. Una nuova specie del genere Troglophilus Krauss, 1879 (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) delle Cicladi, Grecia. Boll. Mus. civ. St. nat. Verona (27): 23-29.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Troglophilus marinae Rampini & Di Russo, 2003. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 19.09.2019, Accessed 19.04.2026