Duvalius krueperi (Schaum, 1862)

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Duvalius
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Korykeio Antro
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Delfoi
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Korykeio Antro, Schaum 1862, Müller 1913, Sciaky 1992, Casale et al. 1993, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Paragamian & Legakis 2017
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Delfoi
  • Cave on the road to Fterolakka, Sciaky 1992, Beron 2016
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fthiotida / Municipality: Amfikleia - Elateia / Closest settlement: Fterolakkia
  • Spilaio Profiti Ilia, Sciaky 1992, Beron 2016
    Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Distomo - Arachova - Antikyra / Closest settlement: Kalyvia Livadiou
Comments

Only known from 3 caves in Parnassos Mt.

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.
  • 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.
  • Müller, J. 1913. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Höhlenfauna des Ost Alpen und der Balkanhalbinsel. II. Revision der Blinden Trechus-Arten. Denkschr. österr. Akad. Wiss. Denkschr. Wien, math.- naturwiss, 90: 11-122.
  • Paragamian K, Legakis A. 2017. Bibliography of the Terrestrial Cave Fauna of Greece.. Hellenic Zoological Archives 8:1–43.
  • Schaum, H. 1862. Beitrag zur Käferfauna Griechenlands. Berl. ent. Z., 6: 101-114.
  • Sciaky R. 1992. Note su Carabidae cavernicoli ed endogei di Grecia, con descrizione di Duvalius casalei n. sp. (Carabidae, Coleoptera).. Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 10:295–305.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius krueperi (Schaum, 1862). 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 17.03.2026