Thoasia rugifrons

Thoasia rugifrons, the rough-headed pentagonal arboreal carabid,[1] is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Venezuela and in the lowlands of French Guiana.[2]

Thoasia rugifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Adephaga
Family:
Carabidae
Genus:
Thoasia
Species:
T. rugifrons
Binomial name
Thoasia rugifrons
Liebke, 1939

Description

They are macropterous and capable of flight. Standard body length is 4.11–4.16 mm. Elytra shiny metallic. Forebody and head also shiny. Pronotum moderately narrow. Abdomen Sparsely setiferous.[1]

References
  1. "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. 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  2. "Thoasia rugifrons Liebke, 1939". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.


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