Toxidium speratum

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Toxidium speratum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Toxidium
Species:
T. speratum
Binomial name
Toxidium speratum
von Groll, 2025

Toxidium speratum is a species of beetle in the family Staphylinidae. This species is found in south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais).

Adults reach a length of about 2.08–2.25 mm and have a dark reddish-brown body.

Adults have been collected from a Hyphodontia species.

Etymology

The species epithet is a Latin word meaning ‘hope’, because after collecting some specimens on one of the first field trips during the author's doctorate, she always returned to that same trunk hoping to collect more specimens, but never did. [1]

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