Straneotia cylindroceps

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Adephaga
Straneotia cylindroceps
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. 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]

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

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