Soldanellonyx chappuisi Walter, 1917

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Halacaridae
Genus: Soldanellonyx

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Europe, North America, Korea, Japan

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Megalo Spilaio
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Aktio - Vonitsa / Closest settlement: Monastiraki

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Megalo Spilaio, Bartsch 2011, Casale et al. 2013, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Aktio - Vonitsa / Closest settlement: Monastiraki

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

• Bartsch, I. 2011. The freshwater halacarid mite Soldanellonyx chappuisi Walter, 1917 (Acari: Halacaridae), character development from larva to adult and comparison with other halacarids.. Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 15(184): 223-235.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Casale, A., Giachino, P. M. & Vailati, D. 2013. Tre nuove specie di Coleotteri sotterranei di Grecia (Coleoptera: Carabidae e Cholevidae). Boll. Soc. Entom. It., 145 (1): 9-25.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Soldanellonyx chappuisi Walter, 1917. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 15.02.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026