Hompoterus hispaniolensis

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Homopterus hispaniolensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Beetle
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Homopterus
Species: H. hispaniolensis
Binomial name
Homopterus hispaniolensis
Nagel, 1987

Diagnosis

Legs extremely enlarged, tibiae obtuse-angled at interior distal corner, broadly rounded off at the exterior distal corner; tarsi much shorter than width of tibiae; margin of pronotum regularly convexely rounded; 2. to 8. antennal club segments completely simple and conspicuously transversally rectangular; 1. club segment 1.1 times longer than the following one, tapering to the basis.

Description

Distribution

Dominican Republic - extinct

Biology

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