Λίστα με τα Ορθόπτερα της Κύπρου - LIst of Orthoptera of Cyprus - (Grasshoppers and Crickets of Cyprus)

 1 Conocephalus fuscus cyprius (Fabricius, 1793) - Endemic subspecies of       Cyprus

2 Ruspolia nitidula

3 Acrometopa syriaca Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 

4 Isophya mavromoustakisi    (Endemic species) Ενδημικό είδος της Κύπρου

5 Phaneroptera nana

6 Tylopsis lilifolia (Fabricius, 1793) 

7 Bucephaloptera cypria (Ramme,1933) - Endemic to Cyprus

8 Eupholidoptera cypria - Ramme, 1951 - Endemic to Cyprus

9 Parapholidoptera signata

10 Platycleis escalerai Bolívar, 1899 

11 Platycleis intermedia mesopotamica

12 Platycleis kibris    (Endemic species) Ενδημικό είδος της Κύπρου

13 Decorana incerta

14 Tesselana tesselata (Charpentier 1825)

15 Desticus albifrons (Fabricius, 1775)[1] 

16 Exodrymadusa inornata (Uvarov, 1936) - Endemic to Cyprus

17 Tettigonia viridissima (Linnaeus,1758) 

18 Acheta domesticus

19 Gryllus bimaculatus (De Geer,1773) 

20 Melanogryllus desertus

21 Modicogryllus burdigalensis

22 Modicogryllus cyprius    (Endemic species) Ενδημικό είδος της Κύπρου

23 Modicogryllus pseudocyprius Gorochov, 1996 - Endemic too Cyprus

24 Tartarogryllus tartarus

25 Gryllodinus kerkennensis

26 Trigonidium cicindeloide 

27 Pteronemobius heydenii

28 Oecanthus dulcisonans - Gorochov,1993 

29 Oecanthus pellucens

30 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linnaeus, 1758) 

31 Arachnocephalus vestitus Costa, O.G., 1855 

32 Tettix meridionalis

33 Paratettix  bolivari

34 Tetrix depressa

35 Xya pfaendleri (Harz, 1970) 

36 Myrmecophilus (Myrmophilina) cyprius Stalling, 2017

37 Acrida ungarica ungarica (Herbst, 1786) 

38 Truxalis eximia cypria Dirsh, 1950 - Endemic subspecies of Cyprus

39 Calliptamus barbarus (Costa, 1836) 

40 Pezotettix cypria    (Endemic species) Ενδημικό είδος της Κύπρου

41 Anacridium aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1758) 

42 Schistocerca gregaria (Forsskål, 1775) 

43 Eyprepocnemis plorans

44 Heteracris adspersa

45 Heteracris littoralis (Rambur, 1838) 

46 Chorthippus vagans cypriotus  (Endemic subspecies) Ενδημικό υποεΊδος της Κύπρου

47 Chorthippus bornhalmi (Harz,1971) 

48 Dociostaurus jagoi

49 Dociostaurus maroccanus

50 Ochrilidia tibialis

    Ochrilidia pruinosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl,1882)

51 Xerohippus azami    (Endemic species) Ενδημικό είδος της Κύπρου

52 Xerohippus cyprius    (Endemic species) Ενδημικό είδος της Κύπρου

53 Xerohippus sinuosus    (Endemic species) Ενδημικό είδος της Κύπρου

54 Acrotylus insubricus (Scopoli, 1786) 

55 Acrotylus patruelis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838) 

56 Aiolopus strepens (Latreille, 1804)

57 Aiolopus thalassinus (Fabricius, 1781) 

58 Duroniella lucasii (Bolivar 1881) 

59 Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758) 

60 Mioscirtus wagneri rogenhoferi

61 Oedipoda caerulescens (Linnaeus,1758) 

62 Oedipoda miniata (Pallas, 1771) 

63 Sphingoderus carinatus

64 Sphingonotus caerulans insularis  (Endemic subspecies) Ενδημικό υποεΊδος της Κύπρου

65 Sphingonotus eurasius cyprius  (Endemic subspecies) Ενδημικό υποεΊδος 

66 Sphingonotus rubescens

67 Tropidopola graeca

68 Orchamus gracilis    (Endemic species) Ενδημικό είδος της Κύπρου

69 Orchamus yersini (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) 

70 Pyrgomorpha cognata (Krauss,1877)

71 Pyrgomorpha cypria Bolívar, I., 1901 - Endemic to Cyprus

72 Pseudomogoplistes squamiger (Fischer, 1853) 

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List of non-marine molluscs of Cyprus - Freshwater snails and Land snails of Cyprus

The non-marine molluscs of Cyprus are a part of the molluscan fauna of Cyprus .A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Cyprus. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Freshwater gastropods

Freshwater gastropods in Cyprus include:

Neritidae

Theodoxus anatolicus (Recluz 1844)

Melanopsidae

Melanopsis praemorsa (Linnaeus,1758)

Hydrobiidae

Islamia mylonas Radea, Parmakelis, Demetropoulos & Vardinoyannis, 2017

Pseudamnicola malickyi Schütt 1980

Thiaridae

Melanoides tuberculata (O. F. Muller 1774) 

Tateidae

Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray 1843)

Lymnaeidae

Galba truncatula (Müller, 1774) 

Radix peregra (O. F. Müller 1774)

Physidae

Physella acuta (Draparnaud 1801)

Planorbidae

Ancylus fluviatilis (Müller, 1774) 

Gyraulus piscinarum (Bourguignat, 1852)

Ellobiidae.

Carychium minimum (Müller, 1774) 

Land gastropods

Land gastropods in Cyprus include:

 Ellobiidae

Carychium sp.

Succineidae

Succinea putris (Linnaeus, 1758)[4]

Cochlicopidae

Cochlicopa lubrica (O. F. Muller 1774)

Lauridae

Lauria cylindracea (Da Costa 1778) 

Orculidae

Orculella sirianocoriensis (Mousson, 1854)

Orculella ignorata (Hausdorf, 1996) 

Pleurodiscidae

Pleurodiscus cyprius (Kobelt 1896)

Pyramidulidae

Pyramidula pusilla (Vallot, 1801)

Pyramidula rupestris (Draparnaud 1801)

Truncatellinidae

Truncatella subcylindrica (Linnaeus, 1767) asTruncatellina rothi (Reinhardt 1916)

Valloniidae

Gittenbergia sororcula (Benoit, 1859)

Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Chondrinidae

Granopupa granum (Draparnaud 1801)

Rupestrella rhodia (Roth 1836) 

Enidae

Buliminus carneus (Pfeiffer, 1846)

Euchondrus ledereri (Pfeiffer, 1868)

Euchondrus limbodentatus (Mousson, 1854) 

Euchondrus nucifragus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)

Euchondrus parreeyssi (Pfeiffer 1846) 

Multidentula lamellifera (Rossmässler, 1858)

Euchondrus (Multidentula) stylus (Pfeiffer 1848) - Multidentula stylus (Pfeiffer, 1848)

Paramastus cyprius (Zilch 1951)

Turanena katerinae E. Gittenberger, 1996 

Zebrina fasciolata (Olivier 1801) 

Clausiliidae

Albinaria alajana (Boettger, 1896) - Albinaria alajana cypria Nordsieck, 1993

Albinaria greeni (Tomlin,1935)

Albinaria greeni amorosa H. Nordsieck, 2021

Albinaria greeni greeni Tomlin, 1935

Albinaria mavromoustakisi (Brandt, 1961) 

Albinaria rollei (O. Boettger, 1896)

Albinaria saxatilis (Pfeiffer, 1846)

Albinaria saxatilis avia (Charpentier, 1852) 

Albinaria saxatilis saxatilis (Pfeiffer, 1846) 

Albinaria virgo (Mousson, 1854) 

Elia moesta (Rossmässler, 1839).

Punctidae

Paralaoma servilis (Shuttleworth 1852) 

Punctum pygmaeum (Draparnaud 1801) 

Oxychilidae

Carpathica cretica (Forcart 1950)

Daudebardia rufa (Draparnaud 1805)

Eopolita protensa (Ferussac 1832)

Mediterranea hydatina (Rossmässler, 1838)

Oxychilus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852)

Oxychilus cyprius (Pfeiffer 1847)

Oxychilus mavromoustakisi (Haas 1934)

Pristilomatidae

Gollumia torumbilicata Schütt, 2001

Vitrea contracta (Westerlund 1871) 

Vitrea cyprina (Westerlund 1902)

Agriolimacidae

Deroceras berytensis (Bourguignat, 1852)

Deroceras chrysorroyatissensis Rähle, 1984

Deroceras famagustensis Rähle, 1991

Limacidae

Limax or Limacus flavus Linnaeus, 1758 

Ambigolimax valentianus (A.Férussac, 1821) 

Milacidae

Milax barypus Bourguignat, 1866

Milax riedeli Wiktor, 1986

Tandonia sowerbyi (A. Férussac, 1823)

Achatinidae

Rumina saharica (Pallary,1901) 

Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) - (alien invader)

Ferrusaciidae

Calaxis hierosolymarum (Roth 1855) - (occasionally as Calaxis cypria (Kobelt, 1896))

Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Muller 1774)

Cecilioides tumulorum (Bourguignat 1856) 

Hohenwarti hohenwartiana (Rossmassler 1839) - Hohenwartiana hohenwarti (Rossmässler, 1839)

Geomitridae

Candidula syrensis (Pfeiffer, 1846)

Cochlicella acuta (O. F. Müller, 1774) 

Cochlicella conoidea (Draparnaud, 1801)

Cochlicella barbara (Linnaeus,1758) 

Helicella juglans (Gittenberger 1991) 

Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833)

Helicopsis cypriola (Westerlund 1889)

Microxeromagna armillata (Lowe, 1852)

Pseudoxerophila confusa (Gittenberger 1991)

Trochoidea liebetruti (Albers,1852)

Trochoidea pyramidata (Draparnaud, 1805)

Trochoidea carinatoglobosa (Haas, 1934) - Xerocrassa carinatoglobosa (Haas, 1934)

 Trochoidea cretica (Ferussac,1822) -- Xerocrassa cretica (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)

Trochoidea nicosiana (Gittenberger 1991) - Xerocrassa nicosiana (Gittenberger, 1991)

Xeromunda candiota (Pfeiffer, 1849)

Xeropicta akrotirica Gittenberger, 1991

Xeropicta krynickii (Krynicki 1833) - (including Ceropicta smyrnocretica and Xeropicta vestalis)

Xeropicta ledereri (Pfeiffer, 1856)

Xeropicta ledereri ledereri (Pfeiffer, 1856)

Xeropicta mavromoustakisi (Haas 1933)  - Xeropicta ledereri mavromoustakisi (Haas, 1933)

Xeropicta mesopotamica (Mousson 1874)

Xeropicta ledereri (tremithensis) (Pfeiffer,1856)

Xeropicta smyrnocretica (Germain1933)

Xerotricha apicina (Lamarck 1822)

Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801)

Hygromiidae

Metafruticicola berytensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1841)

Metafruticicola nicosiana (Mousson 1854) 

Monacha syriaca (Ehrenberg,1831)

Helicidae

Cantareus apertus or Helix aperta (Born, 1778)

Cantareus aspersus (Müller, 1774) - Cyprus - Cornu aspersum (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Eobania vermiculata or Helix vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Assyriella or Levantina - bellardii (Mousson, 1854) 

Helix cincta (O.F. Muller, 1774)

Helix texta (Mousson, 1861) - Cyprus - Helix nucula Mousson, 1854 (occasionally as Helix texta)

Levantina spiriplana (Olivier, 1801)

Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) 

Helix (Pelasga) chassyana (Kobelt 1895)

Helix chasiana Pallary, 1899

Polygyridae

Polygyra cereolus (Megerle von Mühlfeldt, 1818)

Polygyra cereolus (Mühlfeld, 1818) - (alien invader)

Pomatiidae

Pomatias glaucus (Sowerby, 1843)

Trissexodontidae

Caracollina lenticula (Ferussac 1821)

Freshwater bivalves

Freshwater bivalves in Cyprus include:

Sphaeriidae

Pisidium personatum (Malm, 1855)

Unknown - Livera - Cyprus

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Τεράστια ελαφρόπετρα απο το ηφαίστειο της Σαντορίνης εχει βρεθει στην Κυπρο.- Huge pumice stones from the Santorini volcano have been found in Cyprus.

 Τεράστια ελαφρόπετρα απο το ηφαίστειο της Σαντορίνης εχει βρεθει στην Κυπρο.

Η τεράστια μάζα ελαφρόπετρας που εκτινάχθηκε κατά την ηφαιστειακή έκρηξη πριν από 3.600 χρόνια κάλυψε την επιφάνεια της θάλασσας σε μία ευρεία περιοχή που εν συνεχεία ξεβράστηκαν στις ακτές σε υψηλότερα επίπεδα από το τσουνάμι που προκλήθηκε από την έκρηξη. Στις περισσότερες από τις γύρω περιοχές του Αιγαίου, βρέθηκαν κομμάτια ελαφρόπετρας που φαίνεται πως είχαν παρασυρθεί στην επιφάνεια της θάλασσας. Ελαφρόπετρα επίσης βρέθηκε στις βόρειες ακτές της Κρήτης, στις ακτές της Ανάφης, της Λήμνου, της Πάρου, της Σαμοθράκης, της Κύπρου, ακόμη και του Ισραήλ. Οι ειδικοί έχουν ανακαλύψει ίχνη αυτής της έκρηξης ακόμη και μέχρι το Δέλτα του Νείλου στην Αίγυπτο.

Photos 10/8/2023 by George Konstantinou

Bela konstantinoui sp. nov. - Another new species of Bela fossil from the Pliocene of Cyprus

Thank you Demetris Kolokotronis for giving my name to the new species Bela konstantinoui sp. nov.:

See also

Bela konstantinoui sp. nov.: Another new species of Bela (Gastropoda: Mangeliidae) from the Pliocene of Cyprus

Family Mangeliidae

Kolokotronis, D. (2023).Bela konstantinoui sp. nov.: Another new species of Bela (Gastropoda: Mangeliidae) from the Pliocene of Cyprus.

Bela is a genus of sea snails; marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

Taxonomy

Because of taxonomic uncertainty regarding the type species, many authors in the 19th century e.g. G.O. Sars (1878) and W.H.Dall (1919) used the generic name Bela for unrelated species correctly placed in Propebela, Oenopota or Curtitoma, and then used Raphitoma for species currently placed in Bela.

Description

The ovate shell is fusiform. The surface is dull, smooth, or longitudinally ribbed. The spire is elevated and shorter than the body whorl. The columella is flattened. The siphonal canal is short. The outer lip shows a small sinus at its junction with the body whorl. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photos 10/8/2023 by George Konstantinou

Η Εκκλησία της Παναγίας της Καθολικής στο χωριό Κούκλια, Πάφου - Cyprus

See also

Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος Παλαίπαφου - Ιερό Αφροδίτης - Κουκλιών - Palaipafos (Kouklia) - Sanctuary of Aphrodite - Palepathos Museum - Cyprus

 Η Εκκλησία της Παναγίας της Καθολικής: βρίσκεται αμέσως δυτικά του Ιερού της Αφροδίτης. Κτίστηκε κατά το 12ο ή το 13ο αιώνα μ.Χ. και ακολουθεί τον αρχιτεκτονικό τύπο του ελεύθερου σταυρού με τρούλο. Θα πρέπει να υπήρξε για αρκετό καιρό ο κοινοτικός ναός του χωριού των Κουκλίων. Το δυτικό της τμήμα επεκτάθηκε κατά το 16ο αιώνα. Το εσωτερικό της είναι διακοσμημένο με τοιχογραφίες που αντανακλούν την παραδοσιακή βυζαντινή λαϊκότροπη τεχνοτροπία του 15ου αιώνα. FROM https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g850702-d1930812-r132647648-Palepaphos_Sanctuary_of_Aphrodite-Kouklia_Paphos_District.html

Το Τρουλλίν του Καπνίση, στο κατεχόμενο χωριό Άγιος Αμβρόσιος Κερύνειας - Cyprus

Μια μαγευτική τοποθεσία στο κατεχόμενο χωριό Άγιος Αμβρόσιος

Βρίσκεται μεταξύ των χωριών Άγιος Επίκτητος και Άγιος Αμβρόσιος, πολύ κοντά στην περιοχή Αλακάτη. 

Photos by George Konstantinou

Το εγκαταλελειμμένο χωριό Βαρίσεια της επαρχίας Λευκωσίας - The abandoned village of Variseia - Cyprus

See also

List of cities towns and villages in Cyprus - Κατάλογος δήμων και κοινοτήτων της Κύπρου

Variseia or Varisha (Greek: Βαρίσεια; Turkish: Şirinköy) is an abandoned village inside the Buffer Zone, near Gailini, Cyprus.

 Η Βαρίσεια είναι εγκαταλελειμμένο χωριό της επαρχίας Λευκωσίας στην Κύπρο. Μετά την τουρκική εισβολή του 1974, το χωριό βρίσκεται εντός της Νεκρής Ζώνης και οι κάτοικοι του, που ήταν ελληνοκύπριοι τότε το εγκατέλειψαν

Η Βαρίσεια γνώρισε σταθερή πληθυσμιακή αύξηση από το 1881 μέχρι το 1973. Συγκεκριμένα οι 60 κάτοικοι του 1881 αυξήθηκαν στους 94 το 1921, στους 128 το 1931, στους 223 το 1960 και στους 244 το 1973. Σύμφωνα με τα υπάρχοντα στοιχεία 

Photos  22/9/2020  by George Konstantinou

Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794) - Cyprus

See also - List of Moths of Cyprus you will find in this blog (Lepidoptera)

Family Crambidae

Uresiphita gilvata is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 and is found in Europe and North Africa.

The wingspan is 29–37 mm. The forewing is greyish to light brown sometimes whitish bands either side of the median area (sometimes obsolete).The hindwing is pale or bright yellow with a black margin. The lines vary from faint to clear. The postmedian line is undulating and the antemedian line is almost straight.

Adults are on wing from September to October depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various low-growing herbaceous plants, including Genista, Cytisus and Ulex.

It is listed as a synonym of Uresiphita polygonalis by some sources

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Photo Athalassa  by George Konstantinou

Family Polygalaceae - Polygala venulosa - Sibth. & Sm. - Cyprus

 Polygala venulosa is a plant species belonging to bird grasses. It is endemic to the rocky shores of Greece, Crete, Cyprus and Turkey.

The polygala venulosa grows to a height of 5 to 30 cm. The leaves of the plant are opposite to the base or ovoid in shape at the base. Elsewhere, the leaves are tapered. The white or purple flowers are in loose bunches 

Polygala is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots. The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the world  in temperate zones and the tropics. The genus name Polygala comes from the ancient Greek "much milk", as the plant was thought to increase milk yields in cattle.

As traditionally circumscribed, Polygala includes annual and perennial plants, shrubs, vines, and trees. The roots often have a scent reminiscent of wintergreen. The leaf blades are generally undivided and smooth-edged, and are alternately arranged in most species. The inflorescence is a raceme or spikelike array of several flowers; the occasional species bears solitary flowers. The flower is bilateral in shape, with two large petal-like sepals on the sides, often called the "wings", and three smaller sepals behind. There are three petals in shades of reddish purple, yellow or white, which are joined at the bases. The lower of the three is the keel petal, which is "boat-shaped, cucullate (hood-like), or helmet-shaped". The keel petal may have a beak or a fringe on the tip. Stamens and style are within the curve of the keel petal. The fruit is a capsule, sometimes winged. It contains two seeds, which are usually black, hairy and tipped with a large white aril. No members of this genus are known to form nitrogen-fixing nodules.

The genus Polygala was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1754. Phylogenetic studies showed that, as traditionally circumscribed, the genus was not monophyletic. It had become a "wastebasket taxon"; almost all species with a flower apparently similar to those of the Papilionoideae – two petaloid lateral sepals forming 'wings', two petals forming a 'standard', and one petal forming a 'keel', plus a bilocular fruit capsule – were placed in Polygala, while species with more obviously specialized features, particularly those of the fruit, were placed in other genera. In 2011, John Richard Abbott separated some more sharply defined genera from Polygala., from https://www.earth.com/plant-encyclopedia/Angiosperms/Polygalaceae/polygala-venulosa/en/ 

Photos Akamas 25/3/2021 by George Konstantinou

Polygala is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots. The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the world in temperate zones and the tropics. The genus name Polygala comes from the ancient Greek "much milk", as the plant was thought to increase milk yields in cattle

Eastern Bonelli`s Warbler or Balkan warbler - Phylloscopus orientalis (Brehm, 1855) Βουνοφυλλοσκόπος, Ανατολικός Βουνοφυλλοσκόπος, Πευκογιαννούδι - Cyprus

 The Eastern Bonelli's warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis), sometimes known as Balkan warbler, is a "warbler" in the leaf warbler genus Phylloscopus. It was formerly regarded as the eastern subspecies of a wider "Bonelli's warbler" species, but as a result of modern taxonomic developments, they are now usually considered to be two species:

Western Bonelli's warbler, Phylloscopus bonelli, which breeds in southwest Europe and north Africa

Eastern Bonelli's warbler, Phylloscopus orientalis, which breeds in southeast Europe and Asia Minor

The breeding ranges of the two species do not overlap; while their appearance and songs are very similar, the calls are completely different (see below). They also show marked difference in mtDNA sequence.

The species is migratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a rare vagrant in Northern Europe.

Eastern Bonelli's warbler is a small passerine bird, found in forest and woodland. Four to six eggs are laid in a nest on the ground. Like most warblers, eastern Bonelli's is insectivorous.

It is a small warbler. The adult has a plain grey-green back, green-toned rump and wings and whitish underparts. The bill is small and pointed and the legs brown. The sexes are identical, as with most warblers.

The eastern Bonelli's warbler lacks the browner tinge to the upperparts that the western Bonelli's warbler has; it sometimes has a greenish tinge instead. The song is a fast monotone trill, only slightly different from western Bonelli's, and also some similarity to the wood warbler. The call of the eastern Bonelli's warbler is a hard chup, reminiscent of a crossbill or a house sparrow, and completely different from the disyllabic hu-it of the western Bonelli's warbler.

The genus name Phylloscopus is from Ancient Greek phullon, "leaf", and skopos, "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch"). The specific orientalis is Latin for "eastern". The English name for this bird commemorates the Italian ornithologist Franco Andrea Bonelli. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Bonelli's_warbler

Photos and video Oroklini lake 15/3/2020 by George Konstantinou