Bryaxis ossaeus Besuchet, 2008

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Nymfon
Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Nymfon, Besuchet 2008, Hlaváč et al. 2008, Beron 2016
  Region: Thessalia / Regional unit: Larisa / Municipality: Tempi / Closest settlement: Spilia

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

No links to other databases

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Besuchet, C. 2008. Two new cavernicolous Bythinini from Greece (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae). In Pavićević, Dragan;Perreau, Michel. Advances in the studies of the subterranean and epigean fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Volume dedicated to the memory of Guido Nonveiller. Publisher, Belgrade. pp. 245-248.
• Hlaváč, P., Ozimec, R. & Pavićević, D. 2008. Catalogue of the troglobitic Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Balkan peninsula, with a key to genera. In Pavićević, D.;Perreau, M. Advances in the studies of the subterranean and epigean fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Volume dedicated to the memory of Guido Nonveiller. Publisher, Belgrade. pp. 307-328.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Bryaxis ossaeus Besuchet, 2008. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 18.09.2019, Accessed 18.04.2026