Duvalius abyssimus
Duvalius abyssimus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Trechinae |
Genus: | Duvalius |
Species: | D. abyssimus |
Binomial name | |
Duvalius abyssimus Reboleira & Ortuño, 2014 | |
Duvalius abyssimus is a species of beetle described in 2014 by biologists Ana Sofia Reboleira and Vicente Ortuño. The species lives in the Krubera Cave in Abkhazia. It is about a quarter of an inch long and has no wings or functional eyes, or body pigment. It was discovered during expeditions of the Ibero-Russian Cavex Team - International Cave Exploration Team to Krubera-Vorónia (the deepest cave in the world) in 2010 and 2013.[1]
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