Thoasia pterosmaragdos
| Thoasia pterosmaragdos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| 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]
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Thoasia pterosmaragdos". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Thoasia pterosmaragdos Aldebron & Erwin, 2018". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-15.