Duvalius wichmanni Jeannel, 1929

Higher Taxonomy
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Duvalius
Characterisation
Troglobiont?
Distribution
Endemic to Greece
Locus Typicus
Spilaio Drakotrypia
Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Gortynia / Closest settlement: Vytina
Distribution in caves of Greece
  • Spilaio Drakotrypia, Jeannel 1929, Scheibel 1937, Wolf 1937b, Wolf 1938, Casale 1979, Sciaky 1992, Casale et al. 1993, Pretner 2011, Hlaváč et al. 2017, Giachino et al. 2024
    Region: Peloponnisos / Regional unit: Arkadia / Municipality: Gortynia / Closest settlement: Vytina
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
  • Casale, A. 1979. Note su alcuni Duvalius del Peloponneso, con descrizione di una nuova specie (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Subf. Trechinae). Ent. basil., 4: 173-186.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jeannel, R. 1929. Le sillon transegéen et description de Coléoptères cavernicoles nouveaux de la Grèce. Bull. Soc. Sci. Cluj, 2 (4): 59-84.
  • Pretner, E. 2011. Die Verdienste von Leo Weirather um die Biospeläologie, insbesondere Jugoslawiens, sein Höhlenkataster und seine Sammelplätze. Ber. nat.-med. Ver. Innsbruck, 97: 85-234.
  • Scheibel, O. 1937. Neue Trechini aus Griechenland und Albanien. Ent. Bl., 33 (4): 273-283.
  • 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.
  • Wolf, B. 1937. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. II. - Cavernarum Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1937). pp. 616.
  • Wolf, B. 1938. Animalium Cavernarum Catalogus. III. - Animalium Catalogus. Junk Verl., Wien (1934-1938). pp. 918.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Duvalius wichmanni Jeannel, 1929. 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