Tapinopterus meschniggi (Schatzmayr, 1928)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Tapinopterus
Characterisation
Trogloxene
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Anonymous cave on Olympos Mount (310), Müller 1931, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016
    Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Pieria / Municipality: Dion - Olympos / Closest settlement: Litochoro
Comments

Known from Olympos mountain. Synonymy: Pterostichus hellenicus (G.Müller, 1932)

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.
  • Müller, G. 1931. Neue und wenig bekannte Carabiden von Leo Weirather auf der Balkanhalbinsel und in Kleinasien gesammelt. Kol. Rundsch., 17: 209-223.
  • Pretner, E. 2011. Die Verdienste von Leo Weirather um die Biospeläologie, insbesondere Jugoslawiens, sein Höhlenkataster und seine Sammelplätze. Ber. nat.-med. Ver. Innsbruck, 97: 85-234.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Tapinopterus meschniggi (Schatzmayr, 1928). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 02.06.2021, Accessed 17.04.2026