Muelleriella cretica Jeannel, 1929

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Katholikou
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Katholikou, Jeannel 1929, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Beron 2016, Fresneda et al. 2024
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Chania / Closest settlement: Chordaki

Comments

Only known from the type locality. In this species, the genus (Muelleriella) is uncertain according to Fresneda et al. (2024).

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.
• 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.
• Jeannel, R. 1929. Le sillon transegéen et description de Coléoptères cavernicoles nouveaux de la Grèce. Bull. Soc. Sci. Cluj, 2 (4): 59-84.
• Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
• Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Muelleriella cretica Jeannel, 1929. 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