Laemostenus plasoni (Reitter, 1885)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Laemostenus
Characterisation
Troglophile
Distribution
Bulgaria, Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Artificial cave at Valloga, Müller 1931, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Casale 1988, Pretner 2011
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Kato Nevrokopi / Closest settlement: Granitis
  • Spilaio Agion Theodoron, Müller 1931, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Casale 1988, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Kato Nevrokopi / Closest settlement: Kato Nevrokopi
  • Spilaio Folia Drakou, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Kato Nevrokopi / Closest settlement: Potamoi
  • Spilaio Maara, Paragamian 1993, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis
  • Spilaio Agias Elenis, Casale 1988, Casale & Giachino 1993, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Kavala / Closest settlement: Zygos
  • Spilaio Mavri Trypa, Guéorguiev 2002
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Kavala / Closest settlement: Zygos
  • Spilaio Trypa Pachnis, Beron 2016
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Xanthi / Municipality: Mykis / Closest settlement: Pachni
  • Spilaio Chrysopigis, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Serres / Closest settlement: Chrysopigi_
  • Spilaio Trypa Kolokotroni, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Gortynia / Closest settlement: Pyrgaki
IUCN Red List
NE - Not Evaluated
Greece's Red Data Book
DD - Data Deficient
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.
  • Casale, A. & Giachino, P. M. 1993. Distribution and biogeography of the subterranean Coleoptera (Insecta) in northeastern Greece. Biol. gallo-hellen., 20 (1): 231-238.
  • Casale, A. 1988. Revisione degli Sphodrina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphordini). Monographia V. Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. Nat. Torino. pp. 1012.
  • Giachino, P. M. & Lana, E. 2005. Diaries of a biospeleologist at the beginning of the XX century. Fragm. Entomol., 37 (2): 1-264.
  • Guéorguiev, B. 2002. Laemostenus (Pristonychus) andreevi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini) from North-Eastern Greece. Ann. Zool. (Wars.), 52 (3): 195-200.
  • Müller, G. 1931. Neue und wenig bekannte Carabiden von Leo Weirather auf der Balkanhalbinsel und in Kleinasien gesammelt. Kol. Rundsch., 17: 209-223.
  • Paragamian, K. 1993. Environmental study on the arrangement and management of the Maara cave, Kokkinogia, Drama. Final report.. Democritus University of Xanthi, Greece, 45 p. (in Greek).
  • 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.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Laemostenus plasoni (Reitter, 1885). 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