Duvalius petrochilosi Coiffait, 1965

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Peramatos
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Ioannina / Closest settlement: Perama

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Peramatos, Coiffait 1965, Casale et al. 1993, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Ioannina / Closest settlement: Perama

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

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Casale, A., Giachino, P. M., Vailati, D. & Rampini, M. 1993. Il genere Duvalius in Grecia: stato attuale delle conoscenze, interesse biogeografico e descrizione di una nuova specie (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). Boll. Mus. civ. St. nat. Verona, 20 (1): 303-335.
• Coiffait, H. 1965. Un nouveau Duvalius d΄ Epire: D. (Euduvalius) petrochilosi n.sp. (Col. Carabidae). Compte rendu de IV Colleque International Spéléologie (1er en Gréce)., Athenes. pp. 145-148.
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius petrochilosi Coiffait, 1965. 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 24.08.2026