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Trephionus

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Trephionus
Trephionus babai, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Platyninae
Tribe: Sphodrini
Subtribe: Synuchina
Genus: 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Trephionus Bates, 1883". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Trephionus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-13.