Troglophilus lagoi Menozzi, 1934

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Troglophilus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Underground aqueduct I, Afantou
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Rodos / Municipality: Rodos / Closest settlement: Afantou
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Palio Pyli cave IV, Bacceti 1992, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Kos / Municipality: Kos / Closest settlement: Palio Pyli
  • Underground aqueduct I, Afantou, Menozzi 1935, Willemse 1984, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Rodos / Municipality: Rodos / Closest settlement: Afantou
  • Spilaio Charkadio, Bacceti 1992, Beron 2016
    Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Rodos / Municipality: Tilos / Closest settlement: Tilos
Comments

Only known from caves in the Aegean islands of Rodos, Tilos and Kos.

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
Fauna Europea
GBIF
IUCN Red List
PESI
NCBI
Species references
  • Bacceti, B. 1992. Notulae orthopterologicae. 50. Su alcuni ortotteroidei del Mediterraneo orientale. Fragm. Entomol., 23 (2): 247-270.
  • 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.
  • Menozzi, C. 1935. Nuovi contributi alla conoscenza della fauna delle isole italiane del΄ Egeo. IV. Una nuova species di Troglophilus Krauss di Rodi (Orthoptera-Phasgonuridae). Boll. Lab. Zool. gen. agr. Portici, 28: 192-196.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Troglophilus lagoi Menozzi, 1934. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 16.06.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026