Neolindus paraplectrus

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

Neolindus paraplectrus is a species of beetle in the family Staphylinidae. This species is known from the type locality in Venezuela (Merida, Tabay).

Description

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

Etymology

The species name is a combination of Latin para (meaning similar or equal) and plectrus as the name of the species described by Herman (1991), Neolindus plectrus . It indicates the similarity of morphology between aedeagi of the two species. ^[1]

References

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