Libanonethes probosciferus Vandel, 1955

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Greece, Lebanon

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Oxo Latsidi, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Siteia / Closest settlement: Sitanos
• Spilaio Stylokamara, Schmalfuss 1999, Beron 2016
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Karpathos / Municipality: Kasos / Closest settlement: Agia Marina

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

VU - Vulnerable

Protection status

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

Check Databases

GBIF

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Schmalfuss, H. 1999. Terrestrial isopod records from Greek islands. Newsletter of the Hellenic zoological Society

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Libanonethes probosciferus Vandel, 1955. 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 19.04.2026