Laemostenus beroni Casale, 1988

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Epta Parthenon
Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Kalymnos / Municipality: Kalymnos / Closest settlement: Pothia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Epta Parthenon, Casale 1988, Casale 1997, Beron 2016
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Kalymnos / Municipality: Kalymnos / Closest settlement: Pothia
• Spilaio Skalion, Casale et al. 1998, Beron 2016
  Region: Notio Aigaio / Regional unit: Kalymnos / Municipality: Kalymnos / Closest settlement: Skalia

Comments

Only known from 2 caves in Kalymnos.

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

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Casale, A. 1988. Revisione degli Sphodrina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphordini). Monographia V. Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. Nat. Torino. pp. 1012.
• Casale, A. 1997. Sphordina nuovi o poco noti di Grecia e del vicino oriente (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 29 (2): 267-285.
• Casale, A., Vigna Taglianti, A. & Juberthie, C. 1998. Coleoptera Carabidae. In Juberthie, C.;Decu, V. Encyclopaedia Biospeologica II. Publisher. pp. 1047-1081.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Laemostenus beroni Casale, 1988. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 30.12.2020, Accessed 08.04.2026