Duvalius boschi Jeannel, 1929

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Duvalius
Characterisation
Troglobiont?
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Kosta
Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Florina / Municipality: Prespes / Closest settlement: Krystalopigi
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Kosta, Jeannel 1929, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Florina / Municipality: Prespes / Closest settlement: Krystalopigi
  • Spilaio Petra, Jeannel 1929, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Casale et al. 1993, Giachino & Lana 2005, Pretner 2011, Beron 2016
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Florina / Municipality: Prespes / Closest settlement: Krystalopigi
  • Spilaio sto Malimadi (Voutsi), Jeannel 1929, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Casale et al. 1993, Pretner 2011
    Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Florina / Municipality: Prespes / Closest settlement: Krystalopigi
Comments

Only known from 3 caves near Prespa (Florina).

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.
  • Giachino, P. M. & Lana, E. 2005. Diaries of a biospeleologist at the beginning of the XX century. Fragm. Entomol., 37 (2): 1-264.
  • Jeannel, R. 1929. Le sillon transegéen et description de Coléoptères cavernicoles nouveaux de la Grèce. Bull. Soc. Sci. Cluj, 2 (4): 59-84.
  • Pretner, E. 2011. Die Verdienste von Leo Weirather um die Biospeläologie, insbesondere Jugoslawiens, sein Höhlenkataster und seine Sammelplätze. Ber. nat.-med. Ver. Innsbruck, 97: 85-234.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius boschi Jeannel, 1929. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 26.11.2025, Accessed 19.04.2026