Elladoherpon inopinatum Casale, 1983

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Genus: Elladoherpon

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Pozzeto
Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Veroia / Closest settlement: Seli

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Pozzeto, Casale 1983, Casale & Giachino 1993, Beron 2016, Čeplík 2026
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Imathia / Municipality: Veroia / Closest settlement: Seli

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. & Giachino, P. M. 1993. Distribution and biogeography of the subterranean Coleoptera (Insecta) in northeastern Greece. Biol. gallo-hellen., 20 (1): 231-238.
• Casale, A. 1983. Nuovi Carabidae e Catopidae endogei e cavernicoli dei Balcani meridionali e dell΄ Asia Minore (Coleoptera). Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. nat. Torino, 1 (2): 243-278.
• Čeplík, D. 2026. Illustrated catalogue and distribution of Leptodirini from Europe, the Caucasus, and the Near East (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Zootaxa, 5783 (1), 1–759. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5783.1.1

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Elladoherpon inopinatum Casale, 1983. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 27.04.2026, Accessed 07.07.2026