Toxidium inusitatum

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

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

Adults reach a length of about 1.45 mm and have a brown body.

Adults have been collected from a small rotten log, covered with undetermined hyphae.

Etymology

The species epithet is a Latin word meaning ‘unusual’, due to the distinct aedeagus shape.[1]

References

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