Trachelipus kytherensis (Strouhal, 1929)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trachelipodidae
Genus: Trachelipus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Agias Sofias (Agia Pelagia), Strouhal 1929, Strouhal 1937, Schmalfuss 1979
    Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Nisoi Attikis / Municipality: Kythira / Closest settlement: Agia Pelagia
  • Spilaio Avras, Vandel 1946, Rémy 1951, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Almopia / Closest settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou
  • Spilaio Kourna, Schmalfuss et al. 2004
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Apokoronas / Closest settlement: Kournas
  • Spilaio Foli Spilios, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata
  • Spilaio Nychteridospilios, Schmalfuss et al. 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Rethymno / Closest settlement: Maroulas
Comments

Western and southern Greece from Epirus to Crete. Synonymy: Trachelipus palustris (Strouhal, 1937), Tracheoniscus trachealis (Budde-Lund, 1885) [Schmalfuss 2003 & Schmalfuss et al. 2004]

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.
  • Rémy, P. 1951. Description de grottes de Macédoine grecque. Ann. Speleol., 6 (2-3): 107-118.
  • Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
  • Schmalfuss, H., Paragamian, K. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2004. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Crete and the surrounding islands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 662: 1-74.
  • Strouhal, H. 1929. Über neue und bekannte Landasseln des Südbalkans im Berliner Zoologischen Museum. (Zugleich 4. Beitrag zur Landisopodenfauna des Balkans). Sber. Ges. naturf. Fr., 8: 229-281.
  • 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. 1946. Isopodes terrestres récoltés par M. le Professeur Remy au cours de ses voyages dans les régions balkaniques. Ann. Sci. nat. Zool., 11 (8): 151-194.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Trachelipus kytherensis (Strouhal, 1929). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 19.09.2019, Accessed 18.04.2026