Ovaliptila lindbergi (Chopard 1957)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Gryllidae
Genus: Ovaliptila
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Peristera
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Vrachasi
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Neraidospilios , Chopard 1957, Willemse 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Karteros
  • Spilaio Agias Paraskevis, Paragamian & Legakis 1986, Kollaros et al. 1987, Kotitsa et al. 2025
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
  • Spilaio Arkalospilios, Kotitsa et al. 2025
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
  • Spilaio Chonos Sarchou, Chopard 1957, Popov 1984, Willemse 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Sarchos
  • Spilaio Kamilari, Chopard 1957, Popov 1984, Willemse 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos
  • Spilaio Kamilari IΙ, Chopard 1957, Willemse 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos
  • Spilaio Milatou, Chopard 1957, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1987, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos
  • Spilaio Agiou Konstantinou, Chopard 1957, Willemse 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Paralia Milatou
  • Anonymous cave south of Agios Nikolaos, Popov 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Vathy
  • Spilaio Peristera, Chopard 1957, Willemse 1984, Gorochov 2006, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Vrachasi
  • Spilaio Diktaio Antro, Chopard 1957, Willemse 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro
  • Spilaio Trapeza, Popov 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Tzermiado
  • Spilaio Megalo Katofygi, Chopard 1957, Willemse 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Agios Georgios
  • Spilaio Melidoniou, Popov 1984, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
Comments

The species was recorded from Kos island as the subspecies Ovaliptila (=Discoptila) lindbergi nana (Bacceti 1992). The specific status should probably be reconsidered. 

IUCN Red List
LC - Least Concern
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
Species references
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Chopard, L. 1957. Notes sur les Orthoptères cavernicoles de Crète. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 62 (1-2): 26-28.
  • Gorochov, A. V. 2006. A new genus of the tribe Petaloptilini (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllomorphinae) and the partial revision of species included. Far Eastern Entomologist, 160: 1-11.
  • Kollaros, D., Paragamian, K. & Legakis, A. 1987. Notes on the systematics of cavernicolous Orthoptera of Crete. Biol. gallo-hellen., 13: 137-140.
  • Kotitsa N, Chobanov D, Trichas A, Mylonas M 2025. New and noteworthy records of Orthoptera (Insecta) from Crete (Greece) and its satellite islets.. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 68(1): 143-217. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.68.e151701
  • Paragamian, K. & Legakis, A. 1986. Ecological and faunistic investigations of the cave Ag. Paraskevi near Skoteino (Greece, Crete). Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit.,, 30 (2): 99.
  • Popov, A. 1984. Le genre Discoptila Pant. (Orthoptera, Gryllidae). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (1): 65-78.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2025. Ovaliptila lindbergi (Chopard 1957). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.07.2025, Accessed 29.10.2025