Troglophilus zoiai Di Russo, Rampini & Cobolli, 2014

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Rhaphidophoridae
Genus: Troglophilus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Drakospilia
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Distomo - Arachova - Antikyra / Closest settlement: Arachova
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Korykeio Antro, Brunner Von Wattenwyl 1861, Brunner Von Wattenwyl 1882, Willemse 1984, Di Russo et al. 2014, Paragamian & Legakis 2017
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Delfoi
  • Spilaio Baroutospilia, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Mariolata
  • Spilaio Agiou Athanasiou, Alexiou et al. 2014, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Prosilio
  • Spilaio Mayer, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Stromi
  • Spilaio Neraidospilia, Alexiou et al. 2014, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Vargiani
  • Spilaio Agiou Pnevmatos, Alexiou et al. 2024
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fthiotida / Municipality: Lamia / Closest settlement: Pavliani
  • Spilaio Drakospilia, Alexiou et al. 2014, Di Russo et al. 2014, Allegrucci et al. 2017
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Distomo - Arachova - Antikyra / Closest settlement: Arachova
Comments

Known from caves in Fokida sub-Region. According to Di Russo et al. (2014) the historical record of Troglophilus (=Rhaphidophora) cavicola by Brunner Von Wattenwyl (1861) should be assigned to Troglophilus zoia.

IUCN Red List
NT - Near Threatened
Greece's Red Data Book
NE - Not Evaluated
Protection status
  • There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
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GBIF
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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., 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.
  • Brunner Von Wattenwyl, C. 1861. Disquisitiones orthopterologicae. Dissertatio II. Nonnulla Orthoptera Europea nove vel minus cognita. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 11: 229-310.
  • Brunner Von Wattenwyl, C. 1882. Prodromus der Europäischen Orthopteren. Engelmann, Leipzig. pp. 1-466.
  • 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.
  • Paragamian K, Legakis A. 2017. Bibliography of the Terrestrial Cave Fauna of Greece.. Hellenic Zoological Archives 8:1–43.
  • Willemse, F. 1984. Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I. Hellenic Zoological Society. pp. 275.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Troglophilus zoiai Di Russo, Rampini & Cobolli, 2014. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 19.09.2019, Accessed 18.04.2026