Graeconiscus xerovunensis (Strouhal, 1954)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Platanousas
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Voreia Tzoumerka / Closest settlement: Platanousa

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Platanousas, Strouhal 1940, Strouhal 1954, Schmalfuss 1979
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Voreia Tzoumerka / Closest settlement: Platanousa

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

• Schmalfuss, H. 1979. Revidierte Check-List der Landisopoden (Oniscoidea) Griechenlands. Stuttgart. Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A. (Biol.), 331: 1-42.
• Strouhal, H. 1940. Moserius percoi nov. gen., nov. spec., eine neue Höhlen-Höckerassel, nebst einer Übersicht über die Haplophthalminen. (27. Beitrag zur Landisopodenfauna des Balkans). Zool. Anz., 129: 13-20.
• Strouhal, H. 1954. IV. Teil. Isopoda Terrestria. I. Ligiidae, Trichoniscidae, Oniscidae, Porcelionidae, Squamiferidae. (22. Beitrag zur Landisopodenfauna des Balkans. I. Häfte). In M. Beier. Zoologische Studien in West Griechenland. Publisher. pp. 559-601.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Graeconiscus xerovunensis (Strouhal, 1954). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 01.06.2021, Accessed 02.05.2026