| Abacetus rufinus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Abacetus |
| Species: | A. rufinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Abacetus rufinus Straneo, 1943 | |
Abacetus rufinus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Pterostichinae. [1] It was described by Straneo in 1943. [1]
Abacetus rufinus occurs in central Africa. Specifically, it has been found in Angola and the nearby province of Haut-Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Immature Abacetus rufinus beetles are overall colored testaceous, like a brick, to ferruginous, like rust. The antennae, feet, and mouth are all yellow. The length of the whole body is generally around 7.7 mm and width 2.9 mm. This species has long and slender antennae. The head is miniscule compared to the other segments and has large eyes curved outward. It has pores and short, quite deep furrows above its eyes. Towards the first of the pores, the furrows diverge strongly.
On the thorax, the pronotum’s shape is trapezoid-adjacent, anteriorly moderately convex, and smallest at the posterior. It measures 1.7 to 2.1 mm posteriorly, 1.5 mm anteriorly, and 1.6 mm basally. The beetle’s anterior side is more strongly rounded than the posterior. The disc, or central area, of the pronotum is moderately convex, especially anteriorly. The anterior angles are quite close to the neck, not prominent, obtuse, and rounded. Meanwhile, the posterior angles are obtuse and end in a conspicuous tooth-like and narrow projection at the apex. Near the posterior angles, the margin of the elytral base, on the abdomen, is conjoined to the pronotum.
The two elytra are subparallel, long, and convex. They have uniform, parallel grooves, as virtually all Abacetus species do. On the elytral base, there are punctures between them. These punctures are moderately developed laterally. Adults have 8 interstriations in total between the grooves. [2]
In adults, both the dorsum and belly side are brown, however in different shades. The dorsum is colored brightly, the lustrous elytra most of all. The epipleura and interstriations are both ferruginous. So is the belly, and, to a lesser extent, the suture between the elytra. Its legs are of a lighter ferruginous shade, whereas the knees of each leg are darker than the rest of it. The first three sections of the antennae are ferruginous, the others brown. [3]
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