Trephionus
Trephionus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 19 described species in Trephionus, found in Japan. Five of these were new species described in 2018.[1][2][3]
| Trephionus | |
|---|---|
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| Trephionus babai, Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Platyninae |
| Tribe: | Sphodrini |
| Subtribe: | Synuchina |
| Genus: | Trephionus Bates, 1883 |
Description
All the species are reddish brown to black in color with a shiny surface. Mouthpart appendages and antennae are yellowish to reddish brown, and the legs are light to blackish brown. There are no hind wings. The eyes are less convex, the pronotum is moderately convex, and the elytra are oblong and moderately convex.
Species
- Trephionus abiba Sasakawa & Itô, 2018
- Trephionus babai Habu, 1978
- Trephionus bifidilobatus Sasakawa & Itô, 2018
- Trephionus chujoi Habu, 1961
- Trephionus cylindriphallus Sasakawa, 2018
- Trephionus igai Ueno, 1955
- Trephionus inexpectatus Sasakawa, 2018
- Trephionus karosai Ueno, 1955
- Trephionus kinoshitai Habu, 1954
- Trephionus kyushuensis Habu, 1978
- Trephionus microphthalmus Ueno, 1955
- Trephionus mikii Habu, 1966
- Trephionus nikkoensis Bates, 1883
- Trephionus niumontanus Sasakawa, 2018
- Trephionus obscurus Ueno, 1955
- Trephionus shibataianus Habu, 1978
- Trephionus sordidatus Habu, 1954
- Trephionus subcavicola Ueno, 1955
- Trephionus takakurai Habu, 1954
References
- "Trephionus Bates, 1883". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
- Sasakawa, K.; Itô, H. (2018). "Taxonomic notes on the ground beetles in the genus Trephionus Bates, 1883 from central Honshu, Japan". ZooKeys (742): 91–104. doi:10.3897/zookeys.742.23752. PMC 5904455. PMID 29670432. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- "Trephionus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
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