Medon dilutus (Erichson, 1839)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

W Palaearctic

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Leondariou, Lindberg 1955d, Coiffait 1969a, Bordoni 1980, Beron 2016
  Region: Attiki / Regional unit: Anatoliki Attiki / Municipality: Paiania / Closest settlement: Paiania

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

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Medon dilutus (Erichson, 1839). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 04.04.2018, Accessed 21.05.2026