Duvalius montisoetae Casale, 1987

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Katavothra Oitis
Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Pyra

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Katavothra Oitis, Casale 1987, Casale et al. 1993, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Fokida / Municipality: Delfoi / Closest settlement: Pyra

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. 1987. Note su Duvalius di Grecia (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descrizione del maschio di D. (Duvalius) oertzeni (Miller, 1884) e di D. (Duvalius) montisoetae n. sp. Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino, 5 (1): 27-33.
• 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.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius montisoetae Casale, 1987. 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 24.08.2026