Trichoniscus beschkovi Andreev, 1986

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Nychteridon
Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Chalkidiki / Municipality: Nea Propontida / Closest settlement: Petralona

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Nychteridon, Andreev 1986, Andreev & Bozarova 2000, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Chalkidiki / Municipality: Nea Propontida / Closest settlement: Petralona

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

Greece's Red Data Book

LC - Least Concern

Protection status

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

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

Species references

• Andreev, S. & Bozarova, F. 2000. Type material of Isopoda (Crustacea: Oniscidea, Anthuridea) from the collections of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia. Hist. Nat. Bulg., 12: 25-32.
• Andreev, S. 1986. Contribution a l΄ étude des isopodes terrestres de la Grèce 3. Sur trois nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes des Genres Cordioniscus, Alpioniscus et Trichoniscus et nouvelles donnes sur les Isopodes terr. (Oniscoidea). Biol. gallo-hellen., 11 (2): 153-164.
• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Trichoniscus beschkovi Andreev, 1986. 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 17.04.2026