Dolichopoda vandeli Boudou-Saltet, 1970

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Dolichopoda
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Ermi
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Orchomenos / Closest settlement: Dionysos
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kontylos, Alexiou et al. 2014
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Ano Polydrosos
  • Spilaio Agias Triadas, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Levadeon / Closest settlement: Agia Triada
  • Spilaio Akontiou, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Levadeon / Closest settlement: Akontio
  • Spilaio Ermi, Boudou-Saltet 1970a, Boudou-Saltet 1970b, Boudou-Saltet 1980, Willemse 1984, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Allegrucci et al. 2011, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2021
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Orchomenos / Closest settlement: Dionysos
Comments

Known from caves at Voiotia and Fokida sub-Regions.

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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. 1970. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce I. Premiers résultats d΄ une mission en Grèce (Avril 1969). Biol. gallo-hellen., 3 (1): 81-88.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1980. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce IX. Une espèce nouvelle en Eubée: Dolichopoda makrykapa. Biol. gallo-hellen., 9 (1): 123-134.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1985. Etat actuel de nos connaissances sur les orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 10: 259-263.
  • 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 vandeli Boudou-Saltet, 1970. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.03.2021, Accessed 18.04.2026