Trephionus babai

Trephionus babai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Trephionus
Species:	T. babai
Binomial name
	Trephionus babai; Habu, 1978
Synonyms
	Synuchus nikkoensis kinoshitai Lindroth (1956);

Trephionus babai, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae. It is endemic to Japan.

Description

Body length of male is about 9.3 mm, whereas female is 9.8–10.3 mm. Dorsal surface black. Endophallus long oval. No hind wings. Dorso-apical lobe narrowly swollen. Apex of aedeagus rounded.

References

1 2 Sasakawa, K.; Itô, H. (2018). "Taxonomic notes on the ground beetles in the genus Trephionus Bates, 1883 from central Honshu, Japan". ZooKeys (742): 91–104. doi:10.3897/zookeys.742.23752. PMC 5904455. PMID 29670432. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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[Tbabai-1] 1 2 Sasakawa, K.; Itô, H. (2018). "Taxonomic notes on the ground beetles in the genus Trephionus Bates, 1883 from central Honshu, Japan". ZooKeys (742): 91–104. doi:10.3897/zookeys.742.23752. PMC 5904455. PMID 29670432. Retrieved 3 April 2018.