Batrisodes elysius (Reitter, 1884)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Batrisodes

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Boulgaria, Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Alistratis, Besuchet 1993, Beron 2016
  Region: Kentriki Makedonia / Regional unit: Serres / Municipality: Nea Zichni / Closest settlement: Alistrati
• Spilaio Alepotrypa, Coiffait 1969a, Coiffait 1969b, Besuchet 1981, Besuchet 1993, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou
• Spilaio Glyfadas Dirou, Besuchet 1978a, Besuchet 1981, Beron 2016
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Anatoliki Mani / Closest settlement: Pyrgos Dirou

Comments

Known from 2 caves in Peloponnisos and 1 in Serres.

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.
• Besuchet, C. 1978. Un Bythinus cavernicole nouveau (B. hauseri) de la Grèce (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Ann. Mus. Goulandris, 4: 263-265.
• Besuchet, C. 1981. Contribution à l΄ étude des Batrisodes paléarctiques (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Rev. suisse Zool., 88 (1): 275-296.
• Besuchet, C. 1993. Pselaphides cavernicoles de Grèce (Coleoptera). Biol. gallo-hellen., 20 (1): 223-229.
• Coiffait, H. 1969. Pselaphides balkaniques. Biol. gallo-hellen., 2 (1): 65-67.
• Coiffait, H. 1969. Formes nouvelles ou mal connues des genres Medon et Hypomedon. Ann. Speleol., 24 (4): 701-727.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Batrisodes elysius (Reitter, 1884). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 03.04.2026