Kentucky-endemic

Guides

• Anillinus jancae

  Anillinus jancae is a small, eyeless ground beetle in the tribe Bembidiini. It was described by Thomas C. Barr in 1995 based on specimens from Kentucky. The species belongs to a genus of minute carabids adapted to subterranean or deep soil habitats. Like other Anillinus species, it exhibits troglomorphic traits including reduced pigmentation and vestigial eyes.

  ground-beetleeyelesssubterraneantroglomorphicsoil-faunaKentucky-endemicCarabidaeBembidiinaeAnillinuscave-beetleendemicrare