Review of Anillinus, with Descriptions of 17 New Species and a Key to Soil and Litter Species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) Author Sokolov, Igor M. Author Carlton, Christopher Author Cornell, James F. text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2004 2004-06-30 58 2 185 233 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/611 journal article 10.1649/611 1938-4394 Anillinus valentinei (Jeannel) (Map fig. 41) Troglanillus valentinei Jeannel, 1963 b :148 . Holotype male glued on thin straw attached to trapezoidal card and labeled / Ft. Payne Cave Ft. , Ala., 3 Oct 1931 , J.M.Valentine / ‘white rectangle’ / 420/ TYPE/ TYPE No 69550 USNM/ Troglanillus valentinei type R. Jeannel det., 19 /. Deposited USNM. Anillinus valentinei (Jeannel) . Synonymized by Barr 1995:242 . Holotype examined. Type specimen badly damaged, represented by only the thorax, abdomen without internal contents, and four legs (second and third pairs). Barr correctly placed Troglanillus in synonymy with Anillinus ( Barr 1995 ) . The presence of the spines in the internal sac of median lobe was the feature cited by Jeannel (1963 b ) to justify placing the species in a separate genus. But these spines occur in several different groups of Anillinus apparently independently derived. Thus, the presence of spines is insufficient reason for establishing a new taxon above the species level unless more careful phylogenetic analysis suggests otherwise. Distribution. According to Barr (1995:243) this species is ‘‘distributed throughout the caves of northeast Alabama , east of the Wills Creek anticline’’ ( Fig. 41 ). Habitat. This species is a true troglobite as far as known.