Thassoblaniulus simplarius Mauriès, 1985

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Julida
Family: Blaniulidae
Genus: Thassoblaniulus
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Drakotrypa
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Thasos / Closest settlement: Panagia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Drakotrypa, Mauriès 1984a, Enghoff 1990, Beron 2016, Kime & Enghoff 2017
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Thasos / Closest settlement: Panagia
  • Spilaio Alistratis, Enghoff 1990, Beron 2016, Kime & Enghoff 2017
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Nea Zichni / Closest settlement: Alistrati
Comments

Only known from two caves (caves of Alistrati and Drakotrypa).

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.
  • Enghoff, H. 1990. A new species of Nopoiulus Menge 1851, subgenus Paranopoiulus Lohmander, 1939, from the Caucasus, new records of consubgeneric species, and the systematic position of Thassoblaniulus Mauries 1985. Senckenbergiana biol., 70 (4/6): 323-330.
  • Kime R.D. & Enghoff H. 2017. Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy 346: 1–299.
  • Mauriès, J. P. 1984. Ecologie et biogéographie des Cyclades. Deux espèces nouvelles de Diplopodes cavernicoles des Cyclades: Hyleoglomeris beroni (Glomerida) et Syrioiulus andreevi (Iulida). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (1): 37-49.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Thassoblaniulus simplarius Mauriès, 1985. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 20.01.2022, Accessed 03.04.2026