Prionoglaris stygia Enderlein, 1909

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Family: Prionoglarididae
Genus: Prionoglaris

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Europe, Turkey

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Foli Spilios, Lienhard 1988b, Lienhard 1998, Lienhard & Smithers 2002, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Lienhard, C. and Smithers C.N. 2002. Psocoptera (Insecta) World Catalogue and Bibliography.. Instrumenta Biodiversitatis V. Museum d’histoire naturelle, Genève, Switzerland, pp.xli + 745 pp.
• Lienhard, C. 1988. Vorarbeiten zu einer Psocopteren-Fauna der Westpaläarktis : IV. die Gattung Prionoglaris Enderlein (Psocoptera : Prionoglarididae). Mitt. Schweiz. Entom. Ges. 61: 89-108
• Lienhard, C. 1998. Psocoptères Euro-Méditerranéens.. Faune de France 83. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences, Naturelles , xx + 517 pp.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Prionoglaris stygia Enderlein, 1909. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 28.03.2018, Accessed 17.04.2026