Aphaenops

Aphaenops is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:[1][2] All species in the genus are obligate troglobites, and each species is usually endemic to a single cave system; they are unpigmented, and have no functional eyes.

Aphaenops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Trechinae
Genus: Aphaenops
Bonvouioir, 1862

References

  1. "Aphaenops Bonvouioir, 1862". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. "New Trechinae Monograph".


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