Omophron brettinghamae

Omophron brettinghamae is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is distributed in Bangladesh and Vietnam.[1]

Omophron brettinghamae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Omophron
Species:
O. brettinghamae
Binomial name
Omophron brettinghamae
Pascoe, 1860

It has a length of 3.5 to 4 mm and a width of 2.4 to 2.6 mm.[1] Its colouring is a shiny, very dark metallic green with testaceous (dull red-brick) labrum, palpi, antennae, side margins of prothorax and elytra, apex of venter, and legs.[1]

Further reading

  • Andrewes, H. E. (1929). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burmaa. Coleoptera. Carabidae. Vol. 1. – Carabinae. London: Taylor & Francis, xviii: 139–162.
  • Gestro, R. (1888). Viaggio di Leonardo fea in Birmania e reģioni vicine. VI. Nuove specie di coleopteri. 71–74.
  • Pascoe, F. P. (1860). Notes of new or little-known genera and species of Coleoptera. The Journal of Entomology. 1 : 36–64.
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References

  1. Valainis, Uldis (2010). "A review of genus Omophron Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Palearctic fauna and distribution". Baltic Journal of Coleopterology. 10 (2): 105–128.
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