Dolichopoda giachinoi 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 Megalo Spilaio
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Aktio - Vonitsa / Closest settlement: Monastiraki
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Megalo Spilaio, Rampini et al. 2008, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Casale et al. 2013, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Aktio - Vonitsa / Closest settlement: Monastiraki
  • Spilaio Lykonikou, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Aktio - Vonitsa / Closest settlement: Monastiraki
Comments

Only known from two caves.

IUCN Red List
DD - Data Deficient
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.
  • 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.
  • 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 giachinoi 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 17.04.2026