Balkanopetalum graecum Stoev & Enghoff, 2003

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Callipodida
Family: Schizopetalidae
Genus: Balkanopetalum
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Greece, Boulgaria
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Trypa Pachnis
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Xanthi / Municipality: Mykis / Closest settlement: Pachni
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Folia Drakou, Stoev & Enghoff 2003, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Kato Nevrokopi / Closest settlement: Potamoi
  • Spilaio Pachnis, Stoev & Enghoff 2003, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Xanthi / Municipality: Mykis / Closest settlement: Pachni
  • Spilaio Trypa Pachnis, Stoev & Enghoff 2003, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Xanthi / Municipality: Mykis / Closest settlement: Pachni
Comments

Known from caves on Rodopi Mt (3 from the Greek part and 1 from the Bulgarian part)

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.
  • Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2011. The invertebrate cave fauna of the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pages 583-662 in Beron P. (ed.) Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 4. Biodiversity of Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece) II. Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist. Sofia,
  • Stoev, P. & Enghoff, H. 2003. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of genus Balkanopetalum Verhoeff, 1926 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae). Zootaxa, 272: 1-26.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Balkanopetalum graecum Stoev & Enghoff, 2003. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.09.2019, Accessed 01.05.2026