Pseudanophthalmus packardi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Pseudanophthalmus |
Species: | P. packardi
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Binomial name | |
Pseudanophthalmus packardi Barr, 1959
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Pseudanophthalmus packardi is a species of beetle found only in the Carter Caves of Kentucky. [2] Individuals are blind and predatory, and remain close to underground streams in caves. They were first discovered in the X Cave in the late 1800s, but were mistaken for another species until Thomas C. Barr discovered its uniqueness in 1957. [3] [4]