Hamopterus seticeps (G. Muller, 1934)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Hamopterus

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Agion Theodoron
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Kato Nevrokopi / Closest settlement: Kato Nevrokopi

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agion Theodoron, Müller 1934, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016, Giachino et al. 2024
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Kato Nevrokopi / Closest settlement: Kato Nevrokopi

Comments

Synonymy: Pterostichus seticeps G.Müller, 1934

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

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.
• Giachino PM, Allegro G & Vailati D 2024. The blind Pterostichini of south-eastern Europe and Anatolia. Synopsis of the Speluncarius+Tapinopterus complex with emphasis on Greek taxa (Coleoptera Carabidae Pterostichini).. World Biodiversity Association, Verona. Vol. 6: 400
• Giachino, P. M. & Lana, E. 2005. Diaries of a biospeleologist at the beginning of the XX century. Fragm. Entomol., 37 (2): 1-264.
• Müller, G. 1934. Diagnosi preliminari di nuovi Coleotteri ipogei e cavernicoli. Atti Mus. Civ. Stor. Natur. Trieste, 12: 176-181.
• Pretner, E. 2011. Die Verdienste von Leo Weirather um die Biospeläologie, insbesondere Jugoslawiens, sein Höhlenkataster und seine Sammelplätze. Ber. nat.-med. Ver. Innsbruck, 97: 85-234.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Hamopterus seticeps (G. Muller, 1934). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 17.09.2024, Accessed 25.08.2026