Dolichopoda hussoni Chopard, 1934

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Megalou Alexandrou
Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Cave near Naousa, Mařan 1958, Willemse 1984
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Apano Skalas, Chopard 1940, Chopard 1955, Willemse 1984, Martinsen et al. 2009, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Isvoron, Chopard 1955, Lindberg 1955d, Willemse 1984, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Megalou Alexandrou, Chopard 1934, Chopard 1940, Rémy 1951, Willemse 1984, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Paparadon, Chopard 1940, Chopard 1955, Boudou-Saltet 1970a, Willemse 1984, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
Comments

Known from few caves around Nausa (Imathia).

IUCN Red List
LC - Least Concern
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • Presidential Decree 67/1981 on the protection of native flora and fauna species (OGG 23/A/1981)
Check Databases
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • 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.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1970. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce II. Une nouvelle espèce: D. vandeli. Biol. gallo-hellen., 3 (1): 89-97.
  • Chopard, L. 1934. Diagnoses d΄ Orthoptères cavernicoles nouveaux. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 39: 137-139.
  • Chopard, L. 1940. Orthoptères cavernicoles recueillis par P. Remy en Yougoslavie et en Macédoine. Comparaison entre la distribution des Orthoptères et des Coléoptères cavernicoles d΄ Europe. 6eme Congres Intern. Ent. Madrid., Madrid. pp. 509-514.
  • Chopard, L. 1955. Les Dolichopodes de Grèce. Notes biospeol., 10: 31-34.
  • 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.
  • Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69
  • Mařan, J. 1958. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der geographische Variabilität von Troglophilus neglectus Krauss., Orthoptera Raphidophoridae. Sb. ent. Odd. narod. Mus. Prag., 32 (511): 387-393.
  • Martinsen, L., Venanzetti, F. & Bachmann, L. 2009. Phylogeography and mitochondrial DNA divergence in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhahidophoridae). Hereditas, 146 (2): 33-45.
  • Rémy, P. 1951. Description de grottes de Macédoine grecque. Ann. Speleol., 6 (2-3): 107-118.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Dolichopoda hussoni Chopard, 1934. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 28.05.2021, Accessed 09.03.2026