Thoasia rugifrons
Appearance
Thoasia rugifrons | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
Tribe: | Lebiini |
Subtribe: | Agrina |
Genus: | Thoasia |
Species: | T. rugifrons
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Binomial name | |
Thoasia rugifrons Liebke, 1939
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Thoasia rugifrons, the rough-headed pentagonal arboreal carabid,[1] is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and in the lowlands of French Guiana.[2][3]
Description
[edit]They are macropterous and capable of flight. Standard body length is 4.11–4.16 mm. Elytra shiny metallic. Forebody and head also shiny. Pronotum moderately narrow. Abdomen Sparsely setiferous.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Neotropical Thoasia Liebke, 1939 and Straneotia Mateu, 1961 of the Cryptobatida group, subtribe Agrina: Taxonomic revisions with notes on their ways of life (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)". Zootaxa. 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Thoasia rugifrons Liebke, 1939". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Thoasia rugifrons". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-15.