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Duvalius doraiae
Duvalius doriae doriae
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D. doriae
Binomial name
Duvalius doriae
(Fairmaire, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Anophthalmus doriae[1]

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)

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Description

This cave predator ground beetle has no wings or functional eyes.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Italy.[6]

References

  1. ^ Eu-nomen
  2. ^ Carabidae of the World
  3. ^ "Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria". Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  4. ^ Treccani Enciclopedia Italiana
  5. ^ Biolib
  6. ^ Fauna europaea

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