Alpioniscus thracicus Andreev, 1986

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: Alpioniscus
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Maroneias
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Rodopi / Municipality: Maroneia - Sapes / Closest settlement: Maroneia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Maroneias, Andreev 1986, Andreev & Bozarova 2000, Beron et al. 2004, Paragamian et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Rodopi / Municipality: Maroneia - Sapes / Closest settlement: Maroneia
Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
CR - Critically Endangered
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
PESI
Species references
  • Andreev, S. & Bozarova, F. 2000. Type material of Isopoda (Crustacea: Oniscidea, Anthuridea) from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia. Hist. Nat. Bulg., 12: 25-32.
  • Andreev, S. 1986. Contribution a l΄ étude des isopodes terrestres de la Grèce 3. Sur trois nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes des Genres Cordioniscus, Alpioniscus et Trichoniscus et nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes terr. (Oniscoidea). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (2): 153-164.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2004. The Invertebrate cave fauna of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, P & A. Popov (eds). A. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, pp. 791-822.
  • Paragamian, K., Nikoloudakis, I., Papadatou, E., & Sfakianaki, E. 2004. Biological and Environmental Study of the Cave of Maroneia: Analysis of current status - Proposals. Final Report.. Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research, Irakleion, Greece, 176 pp.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Alpioniscus thracicus Andreev, 1986. 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 24.08.2026