Trephionus

Trephionus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Trephionus
Bates, 1883

Trephionus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:[1] Five new species were described in 2018 from Japan.[2]

Description

All the species are reddish brown to black in color with shiny surface. Mouthpart appendages and antennae yellowish to reddish brown. Legs light to blackish brown. No hind wings. Eyes less convex. Pronotum moderately convex. Elytra oblong and moderately convex.

Species

References

  1. "Trephionus Bates, 1883". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 19 Nov 2011.
  2. "Taxonomic notes on the ground beetles in the genus Trephionus Bates, 1883 from central Honshu, Japan". Zookeys. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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