Cave fauna of Greece database

Kalaphorura paradoxa (Schäffer, 1900)

Higher Taxonomy: Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Entognatha
Order: Poduromorpha
Family: Onychiuridae
Genus: Kalaphorura

Characterisation: Troglophile

Distribution: C Europe, Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

Spilaio Folia Drakou, Beron et al. 2011, Beron 2016
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Kato Nevrokopi / Closest settlement: Potamoi

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; NCBI

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,

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Kalaphorura paradoxa (Schäffer, 1900). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 21.03.2018, Accessed 02.05.2026