Philedaphia hauseri (Lienhard, 1988)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocoptera
Family: Protroctopsocidae
Genus: Philedaphia

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Za
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Filoti

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Za, Lienhard 1988a, Lienhard 1998, Lienhard & Smithers 2002
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Filoti

Comments

Only known from the type locality. Synonymy: Chelyopsocus hauseri Lienhard, 1988

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

Species references

• 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. Three new extra-neotropical species of Troctopsocidae (Insecta : Psocoptera). Journal of Natural History, 22: 575-587.
• Lienhard, C. 1998. Psocoptères Euro-Méditerranéens.. Faune de France 83. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences, Naturelles , xx + 517 pp.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Philedaphia hauseri (Lienhard, 1988). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 20.09.2019, Accessed 19.04.2026