Rhyzodiastes liratus

Rhyzodiastes liratus is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae.[1] It was described by Edward Newman in 1838.[1][2] The lectotype was collected by Charles Darwin. It is endemic to the southeastern Brazil, between the stated of Bahia and São Paulo. Rhyzodiastes liratus measure 6.2–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in) in length.[2]

Rhyzodiastes liratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Rhyzodiastes
Species:
R. liratus
Binomial name
Rhyzodiastes liratus
(Newman, 1838)

References

  1. "Rhyzodiastes Grouvelle, 1903". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  2. Bell, Ross T. & Bell, Joyce R. (1985). "Rhysodini of the World. Part IV. Revisions of Rhyzodiastes Fairmaire and Clinidium Kirby, with new species in other genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae. 21 (1): 1–172.


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