Alistratia beroni Andreev, 2004

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: Alistratia

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Alistratis
Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Nea Zichni / Closest settlement: Alistrati

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Alistratis, Paragamian 1992, Andreev 2004, Alexiou & Sfenthourakis 2013, Beron 2016, Dimitriou & Sfenthourakis 2022
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Nea Zichni / Closest settlement: Alistrati

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

GBIF

Species references

• Alexiou, S. & Sfenthourakis, S. 2013. The terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) of Greece. Parnassiana Archives, 1: 3-50.
• Andreev, S. 2004. Contribution a l'étude des isopodes terrestres de Grèce. 5. Alistratia beroni n. gen., n. sp. (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae). Hist. Nat. Bulg., 16 (1986): 73-809.
• 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
• Paragamian, K. 1992. Study of the environment of the cave “Alistrati”, Serres before its tourist arrangement. [In Greek with English summary]. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce, 20: 77-94.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Alistratia beroni Andreev, 2004. 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 03.04.2026