''Duvalius doriae'', the Doria's Cave Beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...

Etymology

This species, the first blind beetle found in Italy, was discovered in 1858 in the cave of Cassana in the Eastern

Liguria Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...

by the Italian naturalist

Giacomo Doria Marquis Giacomo Doria (1 November 1840 – 19 September 1913) was an Italian naturalist, botanist, herpetologist, and politician. He was the founder of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Genoa in 1867, and director from then until his d ...

and by the geologist Giovanni Cappellini. The French entomologist

Leon Fairmaire Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...

named this species ''Anophthalmus doriae'' in honor of Giacomo Doria.

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.Fauna europaea
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Trechinae Cave beetles Beetles described in 1859 {{Trechinae-stub