Campodea aristotelis Silvestri, 1912

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Entognatha
Order: Diplura
Family: Campodeidae
Genus: Campodea

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Greece, Turkey

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Megali Grava, Condé 1976, Beron 2016
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Loutses
• Spilaio Katsampa, Condé 1976, Beron 2016
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kerkyra / Municipality: Kerkyra / Closest settlement: Strinyla
• Spilaio Korykeio Antro, Lindberg 1955b, Condé 1956, Condé 1976, Beron 2016
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Delfoi

Comments

Recorded in several sites of the mainland and insular Greece, mostly out of caves. It also occurs in Turkey. 

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.
• Condé, B. 1956. Campodeides cavernicoles de Grèce. Notes biospeol., 11 (1): 7-12.
• Condé, B. 1976. Quelques Microarthropodes conservés à Genève (Palpigrades, Protoures, Diploures Campodeides). Rev. suisse Zool., 83 (3): 747-755.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copépodes) de la Grèce II. Fragm. Balc., Skopje, 1 (23): 189-195.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Campodea aristotelis Silvestri, 1912. 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 17.03.2026