Dolichopoda lustriae 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 Agiou Andrea
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Amfilochia / Closest settlement: Chalkiopouloi
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Agiou Andrea, Rampini et al. 2008, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2021
    Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Amfilochia / Closest settlement: Chalkiopouloi
  • Artificial tunnel at Acheloos river, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Amfilochia / Closest settlement: Prantiko
  • Spilaio Mesokomis, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evrytania / Municipality: Karpenisi / Closest settlement: Mesokomi
  • Spilaio Dafnis, Alexiou et al. 2014, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Athanasios Diakos
  • Spilaio Patriarchi, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Karditsa / Municipality: Karditsa / Closest settlement: Neraida
Comments

Known from 3 caves at Psilovouni and Vardousia Mts.

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
GBIF
IUCN Red List
NCBI
Species references
  • Alexiou, S., Bakolitsas, K., Di Russo, C. & Latella, L. 2014. Biospeleolocal notes on the caves of the Parnassos, Giona and Vardousia of mountains (Central Greece). Parnassiana Archives, 2: 71-81.
  • 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.
  • Allegrucci G, Rampini M, Chimenti C, Alexiou S & Di Russo C. 2021. Dolichopoda cave crickets from Peloponnese (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): molecular and morphological investigations reveal four new species for Greece. The European Zoological Journal, 88(1): 505-524, DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1902005
  • 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 lustriae 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 28.05.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026