Talk:Anophthalmus hitleri

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An entry from Anophthalmus hitleri appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 14 June 2006.

• • Are you sure that's the only "blind cave beetle"? I find this one also, Glacicavicola bathyscioides. You might find more info on your subject on Google Books or Google Scholar (though I can't find any results for the terms: hilteri beetle). Can you expand the information on the beetle itself, not just its name? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-11 18:33
    • I couldn't find anything on the specific species as its name kind of overshades any real information about it, but I'm sure what I find on the genus applies to the species, as well. -Obli (Talk)^? 19:16, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Also, to prove the point of emotology being a bloody mess, a google search for that latin name you just posted gives "Blind Cave Leiodid Beetle" and "Idaho lava tube beetle" as the common names for that insect. Go figure =\ -Obli (Talk)^? 19:19, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
      • Are there any other sources for the info on its poaching, besides the one Rose George article, which itself doesn't clearly cite sources? — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-11 19:28
        • I was going to say 'no', but yes, actually, this page states the same thing, and cites a german journal, but I'm not really sure if it's the source of the "five caves" claim, the poaching claim, or both... The page is well-referenced, though, so I'd say it's worth the risk. -Obli (Talk)^? 19:37, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Broken link

The number three reference link provided no longer works. It can't be accessed.Jlujan69 23:58, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

It's a journal, you know, an offline source -Obli (Talk)^? 10:28, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Blind Hitler"?

Right now, the article says,

Its species name was made a dedication to the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. The genus name means blind. The dedication did not go unnoticed by the Führer, who sent Sheibel a letter, showing his gratitude.

"Blind Hitler" doesn't sound like a dedication, more like an insult. Was anybody unaware of this at that time or simply didn't care? --Revth 05:03, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

The part of the name meaning 'blind' is the genus name, it was already there when Schiebel discovered the beetle and he couldn't really do much more than just group it into that category, even less so renaming an already existing, and descriptive name like Anophthalmus. -Obli (Talk)^? 10:27, 15 June 2006 (UTC)