Toxidium fleche

Toxidium fleche
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Toxidium
Species:
T. fleche
Binomial name
Toxidium fleche
von Groll, 2025

Toxidium fleche is a species of beetle of the family Staphylinidae. This species is found in south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais).

Adults reach a length of about 1.90 mm and have a dark brown body.

Adults have been collected from an undetermined crust/resupinate fungus.

Etymology

The species name is a French noun in apposition, meaning ‘arrow’, due to the arrow-shaped sclerite of the internal sac.[1]

References

  1. ^ Twenty new species of Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil
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