Lasiochernes cretonatus Henderickx, 1998

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Pseudoscorpionida
Family: Chernetidae
Genus: Lasiochernes

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Zoure
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kantanos - Selino / Closest settlement: Azogyres

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Zoure, Henderickx 1998b, Šťáhlavský et al. 2005, Beron 2016, Christophoryová et al. 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kantanos - Selino / Closest settlement: Azogyres

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Christophoryová, J., Krajčovičová, K., Henderickx, H. & Španiel, S. 2016. A multivariate study of differentiating characters between three European species of the genus Lasiochernes Beier, 1932 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae). ZooKeys, 629: 51-81.
• Henderickx, H. 1998. A new Pseudobankesia species from Crete (Lepidoptera Psychidae). Phegea, 26 (1): 1-8.
• Šťáhlavský, F., Henderickx, H. & Král, J. 2005. Karyotype study on pseudoscorpions of the genus Lasiochernes, Beier (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae). Folia Biologica-Krakow 53: 69-74

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Lasiochernes cretonatus Henderickx, 1998. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026