Zacheus crista (Brullé, 1832)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Phalangiidae
Genus: Zacheus

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

W Anatolia, Balkans, Carpathian Basin, SE Italy

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Irakleitsas, Roewer 1959
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Pangaio / Closest settlement: Nea Irakleitsa
• Spilaio Isvoron, Roewer 1959
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
• Spilaio Zeston Neron, Roewer 1959
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Sintiki / Closest settlement: Sidirokastro

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

LC - Least Concern

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

Species references

• Roewer, C. F. 1959. Die Araneae, Solifuga und Opiliones der Sammlungen des Herrn Dr. K. Lindberg aus Griechenland, Creta, Anatolien, Iran und Indien. Göteborgs kungl. vet. vitterh. Samh. Handl., 8 (4): 3-47.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Zacheus crista (Brullé, 1832). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 22.11.2025, Accessed 31.01.2026