Duvalius milenae Casale, 1983

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Askitotrypa, Fischhuber 1984, Casale & Vigna Taglianti 1990, Casale et al. 1993, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Kavala / Municipality: Pangaio / Closest settlement: Nikisiani

Comments

Only known from 2 localities on Pangaio Mt. Synonymy: Duvalius scboenmanni Fichhuber, 1984 (Casale & Vigna Taglianti 1990)

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. & Vigna Taglianti, A. 1990. Note su Duvalius di Grecia con descrizione di cinque specie nuove (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 22 (2): 323-368.
• 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.
• Fischhuber, M. 1984. Duvalius schoenmanni n.p., ein neuer cavernicoler Käfer aus Griechenland (Col. Trechinae). Die Höhle, 35: 4-8.
• 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 milenae Casale, 1983. 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