Tapinopterus stepaneki Maran, 1934

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Idaio Antro
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Anogeia / Closest settlement: Anogeia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Idaio Antro, Mařan 1934, Gueorguiev & Guéorguiev 1999, Beron 2016
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Rethymno / Municipality: Anogeia / Closest settlement: Anogeia

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.
• Gueorguiev, V. B. & Guéorguiev, B. 1999. Notes on the genus Tapinopterus Schaum, 1858 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) 1. Tapinopterus (Tapinopterus) marani sp. n. - a new polymorphic ground-beetle from the islands of Crete and Naxos. Elytron (Barcelona), 12: 39-48.
• Mařan, J. 1934. Nové druhy a formy Carabidů z ostrova Kréty. De novis carabidarum speciebus formis-que ex insula Creta. Sbornik entom. odd. N. musea v. Praze, 12 (98): 125-128.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Tapinopterus stepaneki Maran, 1934. 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 29.04.2026