Cave fauna of Greece database

Small anonymous cave at Lasithi plateau

Higher Geography: Region: Kriti,
Sub-Region: Lasithi,
Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou,
Closest Settlement: Tzermiado

Description / Comments: Unknown exact location at Lasithi plateau (820m a.s.l.)

Protection status

GR4320002 - Dikti: Oropedio Lasithiou, Katharo, Selena, Krasi, Selakano, Chalasmeni Koryfi (Special Area of Conservation): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form

Fauna

Duvalius passaueri Lebenbauer, 2005, Lebenbauer 2005, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Casale et al. 2020
Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Coleoptera / Family: Carabidae

Species references

Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
Casale A, Giachino PM, Vailati D. 2020. Il genere Duvalius nell’ isola di Creta, con descrizione di Duvalius (Duvalius) augusti specie nuova (Coleoptera Carabidae Trechinae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 97(1/2):191–201
Hlaváč, P., Perreau, M. & Čeplík D. 2017. The Subterranean Beetles of the Balkan Peninsula: Carabidae, Leiodidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, Bothrideridae, Zopheridae, Salpingidae, Brachyceridae, Curculionidae.. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Praha, Chez Republic. 267 pp.
Lebenbauer, T. 2005. Eine neue Duvalius-Art von der griechischen Insel Kreta (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Trechinae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der österreichischen Entomologen, 57: 97-104.

Citation: Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Small anonymous cave at Lasithi plateau, Tzermiado, Oropedio Lasithiou, Kriti. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 20.02.2018, Accessed 24.08.2026