Neolindus luxipenis

Neolindus luxipenis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Staphylinidae
Genus:	Neolindus
Species:	N. luxipenis
Binomial name
Neolindus luxipenis Guzman, Tokareva & Żyła, 2024

Neolindus luxipenis is a species of beetle in the family Staphylinidae. This species is known from the type locality in Bolivia (Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Valle de Sajta Biological Station).

Description

Adults have a brown head and pronotum, while the coxa, femur and tibia are brown and the tarsomeres are light brown. The abdomen is brown.

Etymology

The species name is a combination of the Latin words luxus (meaning luxury or extravagant) and penis which addresses the aedeagus here. It refers to an elaborate structure of the aedeagus in the species. ^[1]

References

1. Twenty-one new species of the Neotropical rove beetle genus Neolindus Scheerpeltz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae)