Duvalius merisioi Casale, Gianchino, Vailati & Vigna Taglianti, 1996

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Cave south of Epos
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Zagori / Closest settlement: Papigko

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Cave south of Epos, Casale et al. 1993, Casale et al. 1996, Beron 2016, Casale et al. 2018
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Ioannina / Municipality: Zagori / Closest settlement: Papigko

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.
• Casale, A., Giachino, P. M., Vailati, D. & Vigna Taglianti, A. 1996. Specie nuove o poco note del genere Duvalius in Grecia (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 27 (2): 289-346.
• Casale A, Giachino PM, Vailati D. 2018. Notes on the genus Duvalius in the Pindos chain (Greece), with descriptions of D. (Duvalius) owensi n. sp. and D. (Duvalius) loebli n. sp. (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini). Ent. Bl. Col. 114:133–143

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius merisioi Casale, Gianchino, Vailati & Vigna Taglianti, 1996. 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 07.07.2026