Neolindus minutus

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

Neolindus minutus is a species of beetle in the family Staphylinidae. This species is found in Guyana, Ecuador, French Guiana, Nicaragua and Peru.

Description

Adults have a brown head and pronotum, while the legs are light brown and the abdomen is brown.

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin minutus (meaning very small, little, minute) and refers the noticeably smaller size of this species of Neolindus compared with others. ^[1]

References

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