Lakedemoniana mizerakisi Fresneda, Giachino, Salgado Costas, Faille, Bourdeau, Ciesla

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Leiodidae
Genus: Lakedemoniana

Characterisation

Troglobiont?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Kaiadas
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Sparti / Closest settlement: Trypi

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Kaiadas, Fresneda et al. 2024, Čeplík 2026
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Sparti / Closest settlement: Trypi

Comments

The locus typicus (Kaiadas cave) is misspelt ([sic] Caladas cave) in the description paper (Fresneda et al. 2024)

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

No links to other databases

Species references

• Čeplík, D. 2026. Illustrated catalogue and distribution of Leptodirini from Europe, the Caucasus, and the Near East (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Zootaxa, 5783 (1), 1–759. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5783.1.1
• Fresneda J, Giachino P M, Salgado J M, Faille A, Bourdeau C, Cieslak A e Ribera I. 2024. A phylogenetic classification of Leptodirini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 101(1): 3–936. doi: 10.4081/memoriesei.2024.3.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Lakedemoniana mizerakisi Fresneda, Giachino, Salgado Costas, Faille, Bourdeau, Ciesla. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 27.04.2026, Accessed 07.07.2026