Duvalius doriae
Species of beetle
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| 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.[1][2][3]
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]
- 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.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Duvalius (Duvalius) doriae (Fairmaire, 1859)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "Duvalius doriae (Fairmaire, 1859)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". ChecklistBank. doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria". Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
- ^ Treccani Enciclopedia Italiana
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