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