Trephionus kinoshitai

Trephionus kinoshitai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Platyninae
Genus:	Trephionus
Species:	T. kinoshitai
Binomial name
	Trephionus kinoshitai; Habu, 1954
Synonyms
	Synuchus nikkoensis kinoshitai Lindroth (1956);

Trephionus kinoshitai, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae. It is endemic to Japan.^[1]

Description

Body length of male is about 8.7–10.2 mm, whereas female is 9.0 mm. Head and pronotum black. Elytra blackish brown to black. No hind wings. Dorso-apical lobe semi-ellipsoid. Apex of aedeagus rounded.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.

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[Tkinoshitai-1] 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.

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