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Thoasia pterosmaragdos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Adephaga
Family:
Carabidae
Genus:
Thoasia
Species:
T. pterosmaragdos
Binomial name
Thoasia pterosmaragdos
Aldebron & Erwin, 2018

Thoasia pterosmaragdos, the emerald-winged pentagonal arboreal carabid, is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in French Guiana.[1]

Description

They are macropterous and capable of flight. Standard body length is 4.21–4.39 mm. Elytra entirely metallic dark emerald shiny. Pronotum moderately narrow. Abdomen Sparsely setiferous.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.


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