Ctenostoma pusillum

Ctenostoma pusillum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Ctenostoma
Species:
C. pusillum
Binomial name
Ctenostoma pusillum
Naviaux, 1998
Synonyms
  • Ctenostoma minimum

Ctenostoma pusillum is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in Guyana, French Guiana[1] and Ecuador. The habitat consists of lowland forests.[2]

Adults are very small in size (5.5-6.5 mm) and have a shiny black head and thorax, while the elytra are dark brown.[3]

Subspecies

  • Ctenostoma pusillum pusillum (Guyana, French Guiana) - tiny comb-mouthed beetle
  • Ctenostoma pusillum minimum Navaiux, 1998 (Ecuador) - tiny-tiny comb-mouthed beetle

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of Life: Ctenostoma pusillum
  2. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
  3. ^ The Tiger Beetles of Ecuador: Their Identification, Distribution And Natural History (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
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