Epiroella muelleriana (Paoletti, 1975)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Monis Kipinas
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Voreia Tzoumerka / Closest settlement: Pramanda

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Peramatos, Casale et al. 1991
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Ioannina / Closest settlement: Perama
• Spilaio Monis Kipinas, Casale 1984, Casale et al. 1991, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Voreia Tzoumerka / Closest settlement: Pramanda

Comments

Only known from 2 caves in Ioannina.

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. 1984. Una nuova Muelleriella della Grecia settentrionale (Coleoptera, Catopidae, Bathysciinae). Ann. Mus. civ. St. nat. "G. Doria", 6 (253): 1-6.
• Casale, A., Giachino, P. M., Vailati, D. & Rampini, M. 1991. Note sulla linea filetica di Phaneropella Jeannel, 1910 con descrizione di tre nuovi sottogeneri e di una nuova specie di Turchia. Ann. Mus. civ. Sci. nat. Brescia, 26: 197-222.
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Epiroella muelleriana (Paoletti, 1975). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 23.04.2026