Dolichopoda thasosensis Chopard, 1964

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Drakotrypa
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Thasos / Closest settlement: Panagia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Drakotrypa, Chopard 1964, Boudou-Saltet 1970a, Boudou-Saltet 1982, Willemse 1984, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Thasos / Closest settlement: Panagia

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

VU - Vulnerable

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.
• Boudou-Saltet, P. 1982. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce X. Le cycle biologique (en élevage) des espèces D. petrochilosi et D. thasosensis. Biol. gallo-hellen., 9 (2): 277-284.
• Boudou-Saltet, P. 1985. Etat actuel de nos connaissances sur les orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 10: 259-263.
• Chopard, L. 1964. Descriptions d΄Orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 69 (1-2): 17-20.
• 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.
• Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Dolichopoda thasosensis Chopard, 1964. 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