Aphodius granarius (Linnaeus, 1767)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabeidae
Genus: Aphodius

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Europe to Middle Asia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Ellinospilios, Coiffait 1955, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Afrata

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

GBIF

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Coiffait, H. 1955. Sur quelques Coléoptères cavernicoles de Grèce. Notes Biospeol., 10 (2): 205-209.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Aphodius granarius (Linnaeus, 1767). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.02.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026