Thoasia surinamensis, the Suriname pentagonal arboreal carabid, is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Suriname.[1][2][3]
| Thoasia surinamensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
| Tribe: | Lebiini |
| Subtribe: | Agrina |
| Genus: | Thoasia |
| Species: | T. surinamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Thoasia surinamensis Erwin & Aldebron, 2018
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Description
editThey are macropterous and capable of flight. Standard body length is 4.12 mm. Elytra shiny olivaceous. Forebody and head also shiny. Pronotum moderately narrow. Abdomen Sparsely setiferous.[1]
References
edit- ^ 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 surinamensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Thoasia surinamensis Erwin & Aldebron, 2018". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
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