Duvalius doriae

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Duvalius doriae
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Duvalius doriae doriae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Duvalius
Species:
D. doriae
Binomial name
Duvalius doriae
(Fairmaire, 1859)
Synonyms [1]
  • Anophthalmus doriaeFairmaire, 1859

Duvalius doriae, the Doria's cave beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae. [1] [2] [3]

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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 Capellini. The French entomologist Leon Fairmaire named this species Anophthalmus doriae in honor of Giacomo Doria. [4] [5]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies: [1]

Description

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to Italy. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Duvalius (Duvalius) doriae (Fairmaire, 1859)". Fauna Europaea . Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. "Duvalius doriae (Fairmaire, 1859)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  3. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi: 10.48580/dfqf-3dk . Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  4. "Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria". Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  5. Treccani Enciclopedia Italiana