Lithobius temnensis Verhoeff, 1943

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Arkoudospilia
Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Almopia / Closest settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Arkoudospilia, Verhoeff 1943, Rémy 1951, Zapparoli 2002, Beron 2016, Simaiakis et al. 2026
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Almopia / Closest settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou

Comments

Only known from a few localities in western Makedonia.

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.
• Rémy, P. 1951. Description de grottes de Macédoine grecque. Ann. Speleol., 6 (2-3): 107-118.
• Simaiakis SM, Kos A, Georgopoulou E & Stojanović DZ 2026. Reassessing the centipede fauna of the Paiko–Pinovo–Tzena–Voras mountain range in the southern Balkans. Zootaxa, 5839 (1), 1–39. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5839.1.1
• 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 temnensis Verhoeff, 1943. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.07.2026, Accessed 24.08.2026