Namunia cavernicola Besuchet, 1978

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Namunia
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Tzetze Trypa
Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Kosmadaioi
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Panagias Kakoperatianis, Assing 2015, Assing 2017
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Kosmadaioi
  • Spilaio Tzetze Trypa, Besuchet 1978a, Besuchet 1978b, Besuchet 1993, Hlaváč et al. 2008, Assing 2015, Beron 2016, Assing 2017
    Region: Voreio Aigaio / Regional unit: Samos / Municipality: Samos / Closest settlement: Kosmadaioi
Comments

Only known from the type locality and a nearby cave. Hlaváč et al. (2008) and Assing (2015) erroneously report the Panagia Kakoperatiani cave as the Tzetze Trypa cave.

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. 2015. On the Staphylinidae of the Greek island Samos (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).. Koleopterologische Rundschau 85:81–102.
  • 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.
  • Besuchet, C. 1978. Un Bythinus cavernicole nouveau (B. hauseri) de la Grèce (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 263-265.
  • Besuchet, C. 1978. Le genre Namunia Reitt. (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Rev. suisse Zool., 35 (1): 127-133.
  • 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. Namunia cavernicola 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 05.01.2025, Accessed 02.05.2026