Cave fauna of Greece database

Bertkauia lucifuga (Rambur, 1842)

Higher Taxonomy: Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Family: Epipsocidae
Genus: Bertkauia

Characterisation: Trogloxene

Distribution: Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

Spilaio Anthropograva, Georgiev & Ivanova 2018
Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Klimatia

IUCN Red List: NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book: NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases: Fauna Europea; GBIF; PESI

Species references

Georgiev D, Ivanova V. 2018. Study on the Psocoptera fauna of Corfu (Kerkyra) Island, Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 6:55–62

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Bertkauia lucifuga (Rambur, 1842). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 27.09.2018, Accessed 21.05.2026