Dolichopoda gasparoi Rampini & Di Russo, 2008

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Choirospilia
Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Evgiros
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Varathro Trypa sto Alatro, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Alatros
  • Spilaio Choirospilia, Rampini et al. 2008, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Evgiros
  • Spilaio Pouliezou, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Evgiros
  • Varathro tou Tsortsonia, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Lefkada / Municipality: Lefkada / Closest settlement: Vafkeri
Comments

Known from caves in Lefkada Island.

IUCN Red List
VU - Vulnerable
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
Check Databases
GBIF
IUCN Red List
NCBI
Species references
  • Alexiou S, Bakolitsas K, Di Russo C, Rampini M. 2024. Four new Dolichopoda species from Greece, one Troglophilus new to Greece and new locality records (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Contributions to Entomology 74(1): 103-111. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e121614
  • Allegrucci, G., Trucchi, E. & Sbordoni, V. 2011. Tempo and mode of species diversification in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60 (1): 108-121.
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Di Russo, C., Rampini, M. & Cobolli, M. 2014. The cave crickets of Greece: a contribution to the study of Southern Balkan Rhaphidophoridae diversity (Orthoptera), with the description of a new species of Troglophilus Krauss , 1879. Biodiversity Journal, 5 (3): 397-420.
  • Rampini, M., Di Russo, C., Pavesi, F. & Cobolli, M. 2008. The genus Dolichopoda in Greece. A description of new species from the Ionian Regions and Peloponnisos (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae). Zootaxa, 17 (1923): 1-17.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Dolichopoda gasparoi Rampini & Di Russo, 2008. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.07.2024, Accessed 19.04.2026