Straneotia confundis

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

The Confusing slim arboreal carabid, (Straneotia confundis), is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Amazonian lowlands in the Yasuní area of northeastern Ecuador.[1]

They are macropterous and capable of flight. Standard body length is 4.46 mm. Very shiny dorsum. Head planar and perfectly smooth. Eye large and sub-hemispheric. Antenna short. Pronotum moderately narrow. Abdomen glabrous with normal ambulatory setae.[1]

Photograph of four brown beetles from above against a white background. This species is the one on the bottom left.
Straneotia confundis (C) Aldebron & Erwin, sp. n., male, with other Straneotia species. Scale bar: 1.00 mm (A–C); ABL = 5.5 mm (D).

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