Ioniorhynchus gasparoi (Osella & Zuppa, 2006)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Ioniorhynchus
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Megalo Spilaio
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Aktio - Vonitsa / Closest settlement: Monastiraki
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Megalo Spilaio, Osella & Zuppa 2006, Casale et al. 2013, Magnano & Alonso-Zarazaga 2013, Beron 2016, Hlaváč & Skuhrovec 2016, Morrone & Hlaváč 2017
    Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Aktio - Vonitsa / Closest settlement: Monastiraki
Comments

Only known from the type locality. Synonymy: Otiorhynchus gasparoi Osella & Zuppa, 2006.

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
GBIF
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Casale, A., Giachino, P. M. & Vailati, D. 2013. Tre nuove specie di Coleotteri sotterranei di Grecia (Coleoptera: Carabidae e Cholevidae). Boll. Soc. Entom. It., 145 (1): 9-25.
  • Hlaváč, P. & Skuhrovec, J. 2016. Endogean and cavernicolous Coleoptera of the Balkans. XV. A new species of the genus Ioniorhynchus Magrini, Meoli & Abbazzi, 2005 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from Greece. Zootaxa, 4092 (1): 129-138.
  • Magnano, L. & Alonso-Zarazaga, M.Á. 2013. Otiorhynchini.. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 8. Curculionoidea II. Brill, Leiden, pp. 302–347.
  • Morrone J. & Hlaváč P. 2017. Checklist of the micro- and anophthalmic soil-dwelling weevils of the world (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).. Zootaxa, 4239:1–102.
  • Osella, G. & Zuppa, A. M. 2006. Otiorhynchus (Podonebistus) gasparoi sp. n., un Curculionide anoftalmo della Grecia (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Otiorhynchini). Rev. suisse Zool., 113 (1): 67-75.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Ioniorhynchus gasparoi (Osella & Zuppa, 2006). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 05.01.2025, Accessed 18.04.2026