Alpioniscus vejdovskyi (Frankenberger, 1939)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Trichoniscidae
Genus: Alpioniscus
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Republ. North Macedonia, Greece
Locus Typicus
Caves around Naoussa
Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Caves around Naoussa, Frankenberger 1939, Rémy 1951, Schmalfuss 1979, Schmidt & Leistikow 2004, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Apano Skalas, Vandel 1946, Rémy 1951, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Paparadon, Vandel 1946, Rémy 1951, Vandel 1959, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Naousa / Closest settlement: Naousa
  • Spilaio Arkoudospilia, Vandel 1946, Rémy 1951, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Almopia / Closest settlement: Loutra Loutrakiou
  • Spilaio Bujor, Vandel 1946, Rémy 1951, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Edessa / Closest settlement: Agras
  • Spilaio Kalito, Vandel 1946, Rémy 1951, Schmalfuss 1979, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pella / Municipality: Edessa / Closest settlement: Karydia
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.
  • Frankenberger, Z. 1939. Sur un nouvel Isopode cavernicole de la Grèce, Hellenonethes g.n. vejdovskyi sp. n. Vestn. ceskol.Spol. zool., 6-7: 139-146.
  • 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.
  • Schmidt, C. & Leistikow, A. 2004. Catalogue of genera of the terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea). Steenstrupia, 28: 1-118.
  • 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.
  • 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. Alpioniscus vejdovskyi (Frankenberger, 1939). 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 09.03.2026