Cave fauna of Greece database

Leistus spinibarbis (Fabricius, 1775)

Higher Taxonomy: Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Leistus

Characterisation: Trogloxene

Distribution: Europe

Distribution in caves of Greece

Spilaio Aera, Casale & Vigna Taglianti 1990
Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Trikala / Municipality: Pyli / Closest settlement: Ano Paliokarya

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; NCBI

Species references

Casale, A. & Vigna Taglianti, A. 1990. Note su Duvalius di Grecia con descrizione di cinque specie nuove (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 22 (2): 323-368.

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Leistus spinibarbis (Fabricius, 1775). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.02.2018, Accessed 18.04.2026