Kithironiscus paragamiani Schmalfuss, 1995

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Scleropactidae
Genus: Kithironiscus

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Agias Sofias (Mylopotamos)
Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Nisoi Attikis / Municipality: Kythira / Closest settlement: Mylopotamos

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agias Sofias (Mylopotamos), Schmalfuss 1995, Schmidt & Leistikow 2004, Alexiou & Sfenthourakis 2013, Beron 2016, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis 2022
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Nisoi Attikis / Municipality: Kythira / Closest settlement: Mylopotamos

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

CR - Critically Endangered

Protection status

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

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

Species references

• Alexiou, S. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2013. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 1: 3-50.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Dimitriou CA , Sfenthourakis S. 2022. An all-inclusive approach: A universal protocol for the successful amplification of four genetic loci of all Onscidea. MethodsX (2022), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2022.101762
• Schmalfuss, H. 1995. Die Landisopoden Griechenlands 16. Beitrag: Gattungen Xeroprocellio und Kithironiscus gen. n. (Crustacea: Oniscoidea: Screropactidae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 97b: 139-150.
• Schmidt, C. & Leistikow, A. 2004. Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea). Steenstrupia, 28: 1-118.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Kithironiscus paragamiani Schmalfuss, 1995. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 23.06.2022, Accessed 18.04.2026