Iurus dufoureius (Brullé, 1832)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Scorpiones
Family: Iuridae
Genus: Iurus
Characterisation
Trogloxene
Distribution
Greece, Turkey
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Agias Sofias (Mylopotamos), Soleglad et al. 2012
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Nisoi Attikis / Municipality: Kythira / Closest settlement: Mylopotamos
  • Spilaio Agion Anargyron, Alexiou & Kofinas 2015
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Evrotas / Closest settlement: Kountourianika
  • Spilaio Pigaza, Alexiou & Kofinas 2015
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Monemvasia / Closest settlement: Sykea
IUCN Red List
LC - Least Concern
Greece's Red Data Book
LC - Least Concern
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Alexiou, S. & Kofinas, G. 2015. Closing the gaps: new remote localities of Iurus dufoureius (Scorpiones: Iuridae) from Peloponnisos, Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 3: 19-24.
  • Soleglad, M. E., Fet, V., Kovařík, F. & Yağmur, E. A. 2012. Etudes on Iurids, V. Further Revision of Iurus Thorell, 1876 (Scorpiones: Iuridae), with a Description of a New Genus and Two New Species. Euscorpius, 143: 1-70.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Iurus dufoureius (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 17.11.2025, Accessed 18.04.2026