Duvalius owensi Casale, Giachino & Vailati, 2018

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Drakotrypa
Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Arta / Municipality: Kentrika Tzoumerka / Closest settlement: Drosopigi (Voulgareli)

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Drakotrypa, Casale et al. 2018, Čeplík 2023
  Region: Ipeiros / Regional unit: Arta / Municipality: Kentrika Tzoumerka / Closest settlement: Drosopigi (Voulgareli)

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

No links to other databases

Species references

• 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
• Čeplík D. 2023. Supplementary data and taxonomic changes in the subterranean beetles of the Balkan Peninsula from July 1 2016 to September 30 2023, Zootaxa 5383 (4), pp. 401-440. Zootaxa 5383 (4), pp. 401-440. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10410430

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius owensi Casale, Giachino & Vailati, 2018. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 19.01.2024, Accessed 17.04.2026