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