Laemostenus vignai Casale, 1988

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Katavothra Aliartou
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Orchomenos / Closest settlement: Akraifnio

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Katavothra Aliartou, Casale 1988, Rusdea 1994, Casale 1997, Beron 2016
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Orchomenos / Closest settlement: Akraifnio

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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.
• 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.
• Rusdea, E. 1994. Biology, population dynamics and zoogeography of some cavernicolous carabid beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera): a proposal for a biospeleological research in Greece. Bull. Soc. Speleol. Grèce, 21: 170-176.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Laemostenus vignai 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 18.09.2019, Accessed 08.04.2026