Duvalius abyssimus
| Duvalius abyssimus | |
|---|---|
| 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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