Biology:Trephionus

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Trephionus
Trephionus babai, Japan
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Insecta
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Coleoptera
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Carabidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Platyninae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Sphodrini
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Synuchina
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Trephionus
Bates, 1883

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]

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7838674 entry