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The remarkable insect here described, which was discovered in 1938 by the late C. C. Goff2, is a member of the peculiar assemblage of arthropods commensal in the burrows of Florida pocket-gophers (Geomys floridanus subspp.). It is the first completely blind Rhaphidophorid to be made known, and is evidently highly adapted to its hypogeic commensal existence.
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