Bythinus hauseri Besuchet, 1978

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Bythinus

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Garzenikou
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Tripoli / Closest settlement: Kandila

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Garzenikou, Besuchet 1978a, Besuchet 1993, Hlaváč et al. 2008, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Tripoli / Closest settlement: Kandila

Comments

Only known from the type locality.

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.
• Besuchet, C. 1978. Un Bythinus cavernicole nouveau (B. hauseri) de la Grèce (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 263-265.
• Besuchet, C. 1993. Pselaphides cavernicoles de Grèce (Coleoptera). Biol. gallo-hellen., 20 (1): 223-229.
• Hlaváč, P., Ozimec, R. & Pavićević, D. 2008. Catalogue of the troglobitic Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Balkan peninsula, with a key to genera. In Pavićević, D.;Perreau, M. Advances in the studies of the subterranean and epigean fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Volume dedicated to the memory of Guido Nonveiller. Publisher, Belgrade. pp. 307-328.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Bythinus hauseri Besuchet, 1978. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 18.09.2019, Accessed 18.04.2026