Protrinemura mediterranea Mendes, 1988

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Zygentoma
Family: Protrinemuridae
Genus: Protrinemura

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Agiou Ioanni
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Irakleia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agiou Ioanni, Mendes 1988, Mendes 2002, Beron 2016, Mendes 2018
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Naxos / Municipality: Naxos & Mikres Kyklades / Closest settlement: Irakleia

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Mendes, L. 1988. Sur deux nouvelles Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma) cavernicoles de Grèce et de Turquie et remarques sur la systématique de la famille. Rev. suisse Zool., 95 (3): 751-772.
• Mendes, L. 2002. New species and new data on Protrinemuridae and Pacific islands from Eastern Asia and Pacific islands. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 38(4):399–433
• Mendes, L. 2018. Biodiversity of the Thysanurans (Microcoryphia and Zygentoma). In Foottit RG and Peter H [editors] Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, Volume II, First Edition, pp 155-198

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Protrinemura mediterranea Mendes, 1988. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 05.04.2020, Accessed 18.04.2026