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Straneotia cylindroceps

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Straneotia cylindroceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Tribe: Lebiini
Subtribe: Agrina
Genus: Straneotia
Species:
S. cylindroceps
Binomial name
Straneotia cylindroceps
Erwin & Aldebron, 2018

Straneotia cylindroceps, the tube-headed slim arboreal carabid, is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Yasuní area of northeastern Ecuador.[1]

They are macropterous and capable of flight. Standard body length is 5.22–5.23 mm. Elytra with metallic violaceous. Forebody and head markedly shiny. Antenna moderately long. Pronotum very narrow. Abdomen glabrous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.