Duvalius joannidisi Casale, Giachino & M. Elonti, 1990

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Maara
Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Maara, Casale et al. 1990, Casale & Giachino 1993, Casale et al. 1993, Paragamian 1993, Giachino & Vailati 2011
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis

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

• Casale, A. & Giachino, P. M. 1993. Distribution and biogeography of the subterranean Coleoptera (Insecta) in northeastern Greece. Biol. gallo-hellen., 20 (1): 231-238.
• Casale, A., Giachino, P. M. & Etonti, M. 1990. Nuovi Coleotteri endogei e cavernicoli (Carabidae Trechinae e Bembidiinae, Cholevidae Bathysciinae) della Grecia nord-orientale e dei Rodopi Bulgari, e loro significato zoogeografico. Boll. Mus. reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 8 (2): 545-580.
• 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. & Vailati, D. 2011. Review of the Anillina of Greece (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini). Biodiversity Journal, 1: 1-112.
• Paragamian, K. 1993. Environmental study on the arrangement and management of the Maara cave, Kokkinogia, Drama. Final report.. Democritus University of Xanthi, Greece, 45 p. (in Greek).

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius joannidisi Casale, Giachino & M. Elonti, 1990. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 28.05.2021, Accessed 31.01.2026