Agabiformius lentus (Budde-Lund, 1885)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Porcellionidae
Genus: Agabiformius

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Mediterranean

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Koumarospilios, Strouhal 1937, Schmalfuss 1972b
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki
• Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou, Vandel 1959, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

LC - Least Concern

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.
• Schmalfuss, H. 1972. Die Isopoden von Kreta. Biol. gallo-hellen., 4 (1): 33-60.
• Strouhal, H. 1937. Isopoda terrestria Aegaei. (10. Beitrag zur Landisopodenfauna des Balkans). Acta Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Atheniensis, 1 (9/10): 193-262.
• Vandel, A. 1959. La faune isopodique cavernicole de la Grèce continentale (Récoltes du Dr. K. Lindberg, Lund). Notes biospeol., 13 (2): 131-139.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Agabiformius lentus (Budde-Lund, 1885). 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 21.05.2026