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Perrin's cave beetle

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Species of beetle

Perrin's cave beetle
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Siettitia
Species: S. balsetensis
Binomial name
Siettitia balsetensis
Abeille de Perrin, 1904

Perrin's cave beetle, Siettitia balsetensis, is an extinct freshwater beetle from France. It and Siettitia ayenionensis 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 yet probably functional. The tracheae of its wing-cases (elytra) were well developed and it absorbed dissolved oxygen through its cuticle.

See also

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Siettitia balsetensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T20207A9179037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20207A9179037.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Listed as Extinct (EX)
  2. Maas, P. 2006. Extinctions in Europe. The Extinction Website Archived 2011-10-13 at the Wayback Machine.
Taxon identifiers
Siettitia balsetensis
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