Thoasia pterosmaragdos

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Thoasia pterosmaragdos
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Tribe: Lebiini
Subtribe: Agrina
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] [2] [3]

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Erwin, Terry; Aldebron, Charlotte (2018). "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 (742): 57–90. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.742.22900 . PMC   5904565 . PMID   29670431 . Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. "Thoasia pterosmaragdos". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  3. "Thoasia pterosmaragdos Aldebron & Erwin, 2018". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-15.