Medon beroni Coiffait, 1970

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Medon
Characterisation
Troglophile?
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Melidoniou
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kamilari, Coiffait 1969a, Coiffait 1976, Bordoni 1980, Beron 2016, Assing 2017
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Irakleio / Municipality: Malevizi / Closest settlement: Tylisos
  • Spilaio Melidoniou, Coiffait 1969a, Coiffait 1976, Bordoni 1980, Assing 2004, Beron 2016, Assing 2017
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Mylopotamos / Closest settlement: Melidoni
Comments

Endemic to Crete. Assing (2004) provided several records of this Cretan endemic, all from epigean sites, suggesting that it is only accidentally found in caves.

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
  • Assing, V. 2004. A revision of the Medon species of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae). Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 52 (1/2): 33-82.
  • Assing, V. 2017. On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Ikaría, with supplementary notes on the fauna of Samos (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 87: 89-116
  • Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
  • Bordoni, A. 1980. Studi sui Paederinae - III - I Medon Steph. paleartici con descrizione di nuove specie mediterranee (Col. Staphylinidae). Boll. Lab. Ent. agr. "F. Silvestri", 37: 73-125.
  • Coiffait, H. 1969. Pselaphides balkaniques. Biol. gallo-hellen., 2 (1): 65-67.
  • Coiffait, H. 1976. Clef de determination des Medon de la région paleartique occidentale avec description d' une espèce cavernicole nouvelle. Ann. Speleol., 31: 229-243.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Medon beroni Coiffait, 1970. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 21.05.2026