Maroniella beroni Casale & Giachino, 1985

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Genus: Maroniella
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Maroneias
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Rodopi / Municipality: Maroneia - Sapes / Closest settlement: Maroneia
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Maroneias, Casale & Giachino 1985, Casale et al. 1990, Casale & Giachino 1993, Beron et al. 2004, Guéorguiev 2004, Beron 2016, Fresneda et al. 2024
    Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Rodopi / Municipality: Maroneia - Sapes / Closest settlement: Maroneia
Comments

Only known from the type locality (Spilaio Maroneias).

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.
  • Beron, P., Petrov, B. & Stoev, P. 2004. The Invertebrate cave fauna of the Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, P & A. Popov (eds). A. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Pensoft & Nat. Mus. Natur. Hist., Sofia, pp. 791-822.
  • Casale, A. & Giachino, P. M. 1985. Nuovi Bathysciinae (Coleoptera, Catopidae) di Grecia e di Turchia. Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 3 (1): 221-234.
  • 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., Giachino, P. M. & Etonti, M. 1990. Nuovi Coleotteri endogei e cavernicoli (Carabidae Trechinae e Bembidiinae, Cholevidae Bathysciinae) della Grecia nord-orientale e dei Rodopi Bulgari, e loro significato zoogeografico. Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 8 (2): 545-580.
  • Fresneda J, Giachino P M, Salgado J M, Faille A, Bourdeau C, Cieslak A e Ribera I. 2024. A phylogenetic classification of Leptodirini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 101(1): 3–936. doi: 10.4081/memoriesei.2024.3.
  • Guéorguiev, B. 2004. Adephagous and some staphyliniform beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). In Beron, Petar;Popov, A. Biodiversity of Bulgaria. 2. Biodiversity of Eastern Rhodopes (Bulgaria and Greece). Publisher, Sofia. pp. 379-411.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Maroniella beroni Casale & Giachino, 1985. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.01.2025, Accessed 19.04.2026