A new cave dwelling Duvalius from the Aurunci Mountains (Lazio) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Paolo Magrini; Valerio Sbordoni

doi:10.4081/fe.2020.395

Fragmenta entomologica (Apr 2020)

A new cave dwelling Duvalius from the Aurunci Mountains (Lazio) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Paolo Magrini,
Valerio Sbordoni

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Paolo Magrini: Museo di Storia naturale dell’Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia “La Specola, Firenze
Valerio Sbordoni: Department of Biology, Tor Vergata University, Rome

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/fe.2020.395
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 52, no. 1

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A new anophthalmic carabid beetle belonging to the genus Duvalius Delarouzée, 1859, recently collected in a deep cave in the Southern Aurunci Mountains, Lazio, is described. The new species appears to be the most troglomorphic among all the thus far known Italian Duvalius.

Carabidae, Duvalius dellermae, new species, Italy, troglobitic fauna

Published in Fragmenta entomologica

ISSN: 0429-288X (Print); 2284-4880 (Online)
Publisher: University La Sapienza of Rome
Country of publisher: Italy
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology
Website: https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica

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