Baeocera ardua
| Baeocera ardua | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Genus: | Baeocera |
| Species: | B. ardua |
| Binomial name | |
| Baeocera ardua von Groll, 2025 | |
Baeocera ardua 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 1.11 mm and have a dark brown body.
Adults have been collected from Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa on a fallen Pinus tree.
Etymology
The species epithet is a Portuguese adjective in apposition, meaning ‘difficult’, ‘hard’, referring to the challenging study of this morphologically uniform group, and in particular this species.[1]