Duvalius oertzeni (L. Miller, 1884)

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglophile

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Profiti Ilia, Casale 1987, Sciaky 1992, Beron 2016
  Region: Sterea Ellada / Regional unit: Voiotia / Municipality: Distomo - Arachova - Antikyra / Closest settlement: Kalyvia Livadiou

Comments

Orophilus species known from high altitude localities at 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. 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.
• 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 oertzeni (L. Miller, 1884). 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 19.04.2026