Hystricosphodrus vailatii Casale & Giachino, 2004

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Hystricosphodrus

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Agias Triadas
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Karystos / Closest settlement: Karystos

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agias Triadas, Casale & Giachino 2004, Beron 2016, Casale & Giachino 2016
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Evvoia / Municipality: Karystos / Closest settlement: Karystos

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.
• Casale, A. & Giachino, P. M. 2004. Hystricosphodrus vailatii, nuovo genere e nuova specie dell’Isola Eubea (Grecia) (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphodrini). Ann. Mus. civ. St. nat. "G. Doria", 96: 341-362.
• Casale A, Giachino PM. . 2016. Nesaeoduvalius (gen. n.) vailatii sp. n., from Euboia island (Eastern Greece) (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Trechinae).. Fragm. Entomol. 48:1–8

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Hystricosphodrus vailatii Casale & Giachino, 2004. 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 19.04.2026