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Anophthalmus hitleri

Anophthalmus hitleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Anophthalmus
Species:
A. hitleri
Binomial name
Anophthalmus hitleri

Anophthalmus hitleri (Slovene: Hitlerjev brezokec) is a species of blind cave beetle found only in about fifteen humid caves in Slovenia. The blind cave beetle shares its genus with 41 other species and 95 different subspecies.[2] Members of its subfamily (Trechinae) are, like most Carabidae, predatory, so the adults and larvae of A. hitleri are presumed to be predators on smaller cave inhabitants.

  1. ^ Scheibel, O. (1937). "Ein neuer Anophthalmus aus Jugoslawien" [A new Anophthalmus from Yugoslavia] (PDF). Entomologische Blätter (in German). 33 (6): 438–440.
  2. ^ George, Rose (April 2002). "A beetle called Hitler". rosegeorge.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2006.

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