Duvalius sbordonii Vigna Taglianti, Genest & Sciaky, 1980

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Duvalius
Characterisation
Troglobiont
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Tzani Spilios
Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Lakkoi
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Varathro Trypa Vroule, Daffner 1993, Lebenbauer 2005, Beron 2016, Casale et al. 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Kantanos - Selino / Closest settlement: Seliniotikos Gyros
  • Spilaio Tzani Spilios, Jeannel 1929, Vigna Taglianti 1980, Casale et al. 1993, Daffner 1993, Lebenbauer 2005, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Casale et al. 2020
    Region: Kriti / Regional unit: Chania / Municipality: Platanias / Closest settlement: Lakkoi
Comments

Only known from the type locality and a nearby cave.

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 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
  • Daffner, H. 1993. Duvalius mixanigi sp. n. von der Insel Kreta (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae). Nachrbl. bayer. Ent., 42 (1): 26-29.
  • 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.
  • Jeannel, R. 1929. Le sillon transegéen et description de Coléoptères cavernicoles nouveaux de la Grèce. Bull. Soc. Sci. Cluj, 2 (4): 59-84.
  • Lebenbauer, T. 2005. Eine neue Duvalius-Art von der griechischen Insel Kreta (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Trechinae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der österreichischen Entomologen, 57: 97-104.
  • Vigna Taglianti, A. 1980. Nouvelles données sur la systématique et la répartition géographique des Coléoptères Carabiques cavernicoles et endogés du Proche-Orient (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Mem. Biospeol., 7: 163-172.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius sbordonii Vigna Taglianti, Genest & Sciaky, 1980. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 31.05.2021, Accessed 19.04.2026