Duvalius doriae, the Doria's cave beetle, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae.
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.Treccani Enciclopedia Italiana
Subspecies There are two 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.
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