Euonthophagus amyntas (Olivier, 1789)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Accidental

Distribution

Europe, Near East

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaia Faias Petras, Lindberg 1955d
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Sintiki / Closest settlement: Faia Petra

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

NCBI

Species references

• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Euonthophagus amyntas (Olivier, 1789). 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