Duvalius ruffoanus Casale, Giachino, Vailati & M. Rampini, 1993

Higher Taxonomy

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

Characterisation

Troglobiont

Distribution

Endemic to Greece

Locus Typicus

Spilaio Megalo Spilaio
Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Aktio - Vonitsa / Closest settlement: Monastiraki

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Megalo Spilaio, Casale et al. 1993, Casale et al. 1996, Casale et al. 2013, Beron 2016, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Giachino et al. 2024
  Region: Dytiki Ellada / Regional unit: Aitoloakarnania / Municipality: Aktio - Vonitsa / Closest settlement: Monastiraki

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., 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.
• Casale, A., Giachino, P. M., Vailati, D. & Vigna Taglianti, A. 1996. Specie nuove o poco note del genere Duvalius in Grecia (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Fragm. Entomol., 27 (2): 289-346.
• Casale, A., Giachino, P. M. & Vailati, D. 2013. Tre nuove specie di Coleotteri sotterranei di Grecia (Coleoptera: Carabidae e Cholevidae). Boll. Soc. Entom. It., 145 (1): 9-25.
• Giachino PM, Allegro G & Vailati D 2024. The blind Pterostichini of south-eastern Europe and Anatolia. Synopsis of the Speluncarius+Tapinopterus complex with emphasis on Greek taxa (Coleoptera Carabidae Pterostichini).. World Biodiversity Association, Verona. Vol. 6: 400
• 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 ruffoanus Casale, Giachino, Vailati & M. Rampini, 1993. 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 18.04.2026