Troglophilus spinulosus Chopard, 1921

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Troglophilus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Kolympariou
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Kolympari
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kourna, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kournas
  • Spilaio Achyrospilios, Chopard 1957, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
  • Spilaio Arkalospilios, Werner 1927a, Werner 1927b, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Chopard 1957, Boudou-Saltet 1978, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
  • Spilaio Katholikou, Chopard 1957, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
  • Spilaio Panagias Arkoudiotisas, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Kollaros et al. 1991
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
  • Spilaio Lera, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Stavros
  • Spilaio Sarakinas, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Theriso
  • Spilaio Agias Sofias, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Kollaros et al. 1991, Beron 2016, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kissamos / Closest settlement: Topolia
  • Spilaio Ellinospilios, Chopard 1957, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata
  • Spilaio Kolympariou, Chopard 1921, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Boudou-Saltet 1978, Kollaros et al. 1991, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Kolympari
  • Anonymous cave at Omalos, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Lakkoi
  • Spilaio Tzani Spilios, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Kollaros et al. 1991, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Lakkoi
  • Spilaio Agias Paraskevis, Paragamian & Legakis 1986, Kollaros et al. 1991
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Chersonisos / Closest settlement: Skoteino
  • Spilaio Spiliara, Kollaros et al. 1991
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Irakleio / Closest settlement: Agia Eirini (Spilia)
  • Spilaio Chainospilios, Bacceti 1992, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Kamaraki
  • Spilaio Arkalospilios, Kotitsa et al. 2025
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
  • Spilaio Doxa, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Marathos
  • Spilaio Atsiganospilios, Gasparo 2006, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Adrianou
  • Spilaio Milatou, Kollaros et al. 1987, Kollaros et al. 1991, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Agios Nikolaos / Closest settlement: Milatos
  • Spilaio Diktaio Antro, Chopard 1957, Boudou-Saltet 1973a, Boudou-Saltet 1978, Willemse 1984, Boudou-Saltet 1985, Kollaros et al. 1991, Di Russo et al. 2014, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Psychro
  • Spilaio Mikro Katofygi, Kollaros et al. 1991, Di Russo et al. 2014
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Agios Georgios
  • Spilaio Sfentoni Trypa, Boudou-Saltet 1978, Willemse 1984, Kollaros et al. 1991, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Zoniana
  • Spilaio Skoteinospilios, Kollaros et al. 1991
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Myloi
Comments

Bacceti (1992) records T. spinulosus from Santorini island (cave Agios Nikolaos, leg. Cobolli 10.9.1988). Presumably, this record should be attributed to Troglophilus marinae from Spilaio Zoodochou Pigis as Rampini et Di Russo (2003) studied Cobolli's collected specimens. 

IUCN Red List
LC - Least Concern
Greece's Red Data Book
LC - Least Concern
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
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Species references
  • Allegrucci, G., Ketmaier, V., Di Russo, C., Rampini, M., Sbordoni, V. & Cobolli, M. 2017. Molecular phylogeography of Troglophilus cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): A combination of vicariance and dispersal drove diversification in the East Mediterranean region. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.: 1-16.
  • 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.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1973. Les Dolichopodes (Orth. Rhaph.) de Grèce VIII. Nouvelles espèces de Crète. Biol. gallo-hellen., 5 (1): 57-63.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1978. Sur les Troglophiles (Orthopteres cavernicoles) de Crète. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse, 114 (1-2): 115-121.
  • Boudou-Saltet, P. 1985. Etat actuel de nos connaissances sur les orthoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Biol. gallo-hellen., 10: 259-263.
  • Chopard, L. 1921. Description d΄ une espèce nouvelle du genre Troglophilus. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr.: 451-151.
  • Chopard, L. 1957. Notes sur les Orthoptères cavernicoles de Crète. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 62 (1-2): 26-28.
  • 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.
  • Gasparo, F. 2006. Indagini faunistiche nelle grotte delle isole di Creta e Lesbos (Grecia). Progressione, 52 (1/2): 58-60.
  • Kollaros, D., Paragamian, K. & Legakis, A. 1987. Notes on the systematics of cavernicolous Orthoptera of Crete. Biol. gallo-hellen., 13: 137-140.
  • Kollaros, D., Paragamian, K. & Legakis, A. 1991. Revision of the genus Troglophilus (Orthoptera, Raphidophoridae) in Crete, Greece. Int. J. Speleol., 20: 37-45.
  • Kotitsa N, Chobanov D, Trichas A, Mylonas M 2025. New and noteworthy records of Orthoptera (Insecta) from Crete (Greece) and its satellite islets.. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 68(1): 143-217. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.68.e151701
  • Paragamian, K. & Legakis, A. 1986. Ecological and faunistic investigations of the cave Ag. Paraskevi near Skoteino (Greece, Crete). Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Medit.,, 30 (2): 99.
  • Werner, F. 1927. Orthopteren. In C. F. Roewer. Zoologische Streifzüge in Attika, Morea und besonders auf der Insel Kreta I. Publisher. pp. 426-431.
  • Werner, F. 1927. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Griechenlands (Reptilia - Amphibia - Scorpiones - Orthoptera - Isoptera - Apterygota). Zool. Anz., 70: 135-151.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Troglophilus spinulosus Chopard, 1921. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 17.11.2025, Accessed 07.03.2026