Lithobius micropodus (Matic, 1980)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Lithobius

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Mediterranean

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Avras, Verhoeff 1943, Rémy 1951, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Almopia / Closest settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou
• Varathro Panagias, Matic & Stavropoulos 1988, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Thira / Municipality: Folegandros / Closest settlement: Folegandros

Comments

Synonymy: Monotarsobius microps pozarskensis Verhoeff, 1943

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

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Matic, Z. & Stavropoulos, G. 1988. Contribution a la connaissance des Chilopodes de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 14 (1): 33-46.
• Rémy, P. 1951. Description de grottes de Macédoine grecque. Ann. Speleol., 6 (2-3): 107-118.
• Verhoeff, K. W. 1943. Über Chilopoden aus westbalkanischen Höhlen.. Zeitschrift für Karst- und Höhlenkunde , 43: 133-152.
• Zapparoli, M. 2002. A catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragm. Entomol., 34 (1): 1-146.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Lithobius micropodus (Matic, 1980). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.11.2025, Accessed 19.04.2026