Thoasia manu
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T. manu
Binomial name
Thoasia manu
Erwin & Aldebron, 2018

Thoasia manu, the Río Manú pentagonal arboreal carabid, is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Amazonian lowlands, Perú and Yasuní region of Ecuador.[1]

Description

They are macropterous and capable of flight. Standard body length is 3.91–4.77 mm. Elytra entirely metallic blue. Forebody and head shiny flavous. Pronotum moderately narrow. Abdomen Sparsely setiferous.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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.


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