Cave fauna of Greece database

Bonetogastrura cavicola (Börner 1901)

Higher Taxonomy: Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Entognatha
Order: Poduromorpha
Family: Hypogastruridae
Genus: Bonetogastrura

Characterisation: Troglophile

Distribution: Europe, Afghanistan

Distribution in caves of Greece

Varathro Provatina, Dumnicka 1979
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Zagori / Closest settlement: Papigko

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

Dumnicka, E. 1979. Remarks on invertebrate fauna of the cave Provatina (Greece) with a description of a new species of the family Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta). Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci., 27 (12): 1041-1046.

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Bonetogastrura cavicola (Börner 1901). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 04.10.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026