| Anophthalmus hitleri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Anophthalmus |
| Species: | A. hitleri
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| 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.
- ^ Scheibel, O. (1937). "Ein neuer Anophthalmus aus Jugoslawien" [A new Anophthalmus from Yugoslavia] (PDF). Entomologische Blätter (in German). 33 (6): 438–440.
- ^ George, Rose (April 2002). "A beetle called Hitler". rosegeorge.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2006.