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Thoasia pterosmaragdos

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Species of beetle

Thoasia pterosmaragdos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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.

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Thoasia pterosmaragdos


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