Duvalius doriae
| Duvalius doraiae | |
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| Duvalius doriae doriae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Trechinae |
| Genus: | Duvalius |
| Species: | D. doriae |
| Binomial name | |
| Duvalius doriae (Fairmaire, 1859) | |
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Duvalius doriae, the Doria's Cave Beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae.[2]
Etymology
This species, the first blind beetle found in Italy, was discovered in 1858 in the cave of Cassana in the Eastern Liguria by the Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria and by the geologist Giovanni Cappellini. The French entomologist Leon Fairmaire named this species Anophthalmus doriae in honor of Giacomo Doria. [3][4]
Subspecies
- Duvalius doriae doriae (Fairmaire, 1859)
- Duvalius doriae liguricus (Dieck, 1869)
Description
This cave predator ground beetle has no wings or functional eyes.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Italy.[6]