Telsonius nycteridonis Strasser, 1976

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Diplopoda
Order: Julida
Family: Julidae
Genus: Telsonius

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Nychteridon
Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Chalkidiki / Municipality: Nea Propontida / Closest settlement: Petralona

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Nychteridon, Strasser 1976, Stoev & Beron 2000, Beron 2016, Kime & Enghoff 2017
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Chalkidiki / Municipality: Nea Propontida / Closest settlement: Petralona

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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.
• Kime R.D. & Enghoff H. 2017. Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy 346: 1–299.
• Stoev, P. & Beron, P. 2000. On the type specimens of Myriapoda (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia.. Arthropoda Selecta 9:91–102.
• Strasser, K. 1976. Über Diplopoda-Chilognatha Griechenlands II. Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 579-645.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Telsonius nycteridonis Strasser, 1976. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 22.07.2021, Accessed 17.04.2026