Perrin's cave beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Siettitia |
| Species: | †S. balsetensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Siettitia balsetensis Abeille de Perrin, 1904
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Perrin's cave beetle, Siettitia balsetensis, is an extinct freshwater beetle from France.[1] It and are the only two species in the genus Siettitia.
This subterranean species was discoloured, its sensory silks were well developed and the eyes were extremely reduced and probably functional. The tracheae of its wing-cases (elytra) were well developed and it absorbed dissolved oxygen through its cuticle.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Siettitia balsetensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T20207A9179037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20207A9179037.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Listed as Extinct (EX)
- ^ Maas, P. 2006. Extinctions in Europe. The Extinction Website Archived 2011-10-13 at the Wayback Machine.
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- IUCN Red List extinct species
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- Cave beetles
- Extinct insects since 1500
- Extinct beetles
- Extinct animals of Europe
- Beetles described in 1904
- Endemic beetles of Metropolitan France
- Taxa named by Elzéar Abeille de Perrin
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