Duvalius mirei Deuve, 2001

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Anonymous small cave (pit) near Taygetos mt summit, Casale & Lebenbauer 2010
  Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Lakonia / Municipality: Sparti / Closest settlement: Kryoneri

Comments

Orophilus species found in a cave and in MSS at >2000m on Taygetos mountain.

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. & Lebenbauer, T. 2010. Notes on the Duvalius species of the Taygetos massif (Peloponnese, Southern Greece), with description of the male features of Duvalius (Duvalius) mirei Deuve, 2001 (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 42 (2): 395-404.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius mirei Deuve, 2001. 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 07.07.2026