Pseudotapinopterus henroti (Cerruti, 1973)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Drogkaratis
Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Chaliotata

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Drogkaratis, Cerruti 1973, Casale et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Giachino et al. 2024
  Region: Ionioi Nisoi / Regional unit: Kefalonia / Municipality: Kefalonia / Closest settlement: Chaliotata

Comments

Only known from the type locality. 

IUCN Red List

DD - Data Deficient

Greece's Red Data Book

DD - Data Deficient

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., Giachino, P. M. & Vailati, D. 2013. Tre nuove specie di Coleotteri sotterranei di Grecia (Coleoptera: Carabidae e Cholevidae). Boll. Soc. Entom. It., 145 (1): 9-25.
• Cerruti, M. 1973. Contributo alla conoscenza del genere Speluncarius Reitter (Coleoptera, Pterostichidae) (Coleopterofauna egea - II nota). Fragm. Entomol., 9 (3): 195-203.
• Giachino PM, Allegro G & Vailati D 2024. The blind Pterostichini of south-eastern Europe and Anatolia. Synopsis of the Speluncarius+Tapinopterus complex with emphasis on Greek taxa (Coleoptera Carabidae Pterostichini).. World Biodiversity Association, Verona. Vol. 6: 400

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Pseudotapinopterus henroti (Cerruti, 1973). 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 24.08.2026