Penicillidia conspicua Speiser, 1901

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Nycteribiidae
Genus: Penicillidia
Characterisation
Trogloxene
Distribution
W Palaearctic
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Koufovounou, Hurka 1972, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Evros / Municipality: Didymoteicho / Closest settlement: Koufovouno
  • Spilaio Gkoloubintsas, Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria
  • Spilaio Pataragkou Trypa, Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria
  • Spilaio Apano Skalas, Aellen 1955, Kock 1974, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Pelade, Aellen 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Kock 1974, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Oinousa
  • Spilaio Tzani Spilios, Ševčík et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Lakkoi
  • Spilaio Milatou, Ševčík et al. 2013
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos
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
  • Aellen, V. 1955. Etude d΄ une collection de Nycterobiidae et de Streblidae (Diptera, Pupipara) de la région Palearctique occidentale, particulièrement de la Suisse. Bull. Soc. neuchatel. Sci. nat., 78: 81-104.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Hurka, K. 1972. Basilia mongolensis nudior subsp. n. nebst Bemerkungen zur Nycteribien- und Streblidenfauna Thrakiens (Diptera: Pupipara). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 76 (April): 709-713.
  • Kock, D. 1974. Pupipare Dipteren von Säugetieren des nordöstlichen Mittelmeerraumes (Ins.: Diptera). Senckenbergiana biol., 55 (1/3): 87-104.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Ševčík, M., Benda, P. & Lučan, R. K. 2013. Diptera Pupipara from bats of two large eastern Mediterranean islands, Crete and Cyprus. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 37: 31-37.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Penicillidia conspicua Speiser, 1901. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 28.03.2018, Accessed 08.02.2026