Laemostenus peloponnesiacus Casale, 1982

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Limnon
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Kastria

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Varathro Kaliakoudotrypa, Casale 1982, Casale 1988, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Ano Lousoi
• Spilaio Limnon, Casale 1982, Casale 1988, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Achaia / Municipality: Kalavryta / Closest settlement: Kastria
• Spilaio Ermi, Casale 1982, Casale 1988, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Korinthia / Municipality: Xylokastro - Evrostini / Closest settlement: Zireia

Comments

Reported from few locations on Chelmos, Menalon, Kyllini, Taygetos Mts (Peloponnisos).

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

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Casale, A. 1982. Nuovi Carabidi del Marocco, di Grecia e di Papua-Nuova Guinea (Coleoptera). Rev. suisse Zool., 89 (1): 229-244.
• Casale, A. 1988. Revisione degli Sphodrina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphordini). Monographia V. Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. Nat. Torino. pp. 1012.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Laemostenus peloponnesiacus Casale, 1982. 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 08.04.2026