Duvalius passaueri Lebenbauer, 2005

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont?

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Small anonymous cave at Lasithi plateau
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Tzermiado

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Small anonymous cave at Lasithi plateau, Lebenbauer 2005, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Casale et al. 2020
  Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Lasithi / Municipality: Oropedio Lasithiou / Closest settlement: Tzermiado

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

GBIF

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Casale A, Giachino PM, Vailati D. 2020. Il genere Duvalius nell’ isola di Creta, con descrizione di Duvalius (Duvalius) augusti specie nuova (Coleoptera Carabidae Trechinae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 97(1/2):191–201
• 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.
• Lebenbauer, T. 2005. Eine neue Duvalius-Art von der griechischen Insel Kreta (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Trechinae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der österreichischen Entomologen, 57: 97-104.

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius passaueri Lebenbauer, 2005. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 27.04.2021, Accessed 24.08.2026