Trechus weiratheri Jeannel, 1929

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Trogloxene?

Distribution

FYROM, Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Kosta
Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Florina / Municipality: Prespes / Closest settlement: Krystalopigi

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kosta, Jeannel 1929, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Florina / Municipality: Prespes / Closest settlement: Krystalopigi
• Spilaio Petra, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011
  Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Florina / Municipality: Prespes / Closest settlement: Krystalopigi

IUCN Red List

DD - Data Deficient

Greece's Red Data Book

DD - Data Deficient

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Giachino, P. M. & Lana, E. 2005. Diaries of a biospeleologist at the beginning of the XX century. Fragm. Entomol., 37 (2): 1-264.
• Jeannel, R. 1929. Le sillon transegéen et description de Coléoptères cavernicoles nouveaux de la Grèce. Bull. Soc. Sci. Cluj, 2 (4): 59-84.
• 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.
• Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
• Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Trechus weiratheri Jeannel, 1929. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 17.11.2025, Accessed 19.04.2026