.jpg){kind=logo}
Pseudomorpha caribbeana
| Pseudomorpha caribbeana | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Beetle |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Pseudomorpha |
| Species: | P. caribbeana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudomorpha caribbeana Darlington, 1935
| |
Description
Slender, parallel, very convex (even more so than in angustata Horn); castaneous, lower surface (except abdomen) and appendages more rufescent; whole upper surface finely alutaceous under high power, merely silky under lower power, moderately shining. Head 7/10 width prothorax; 2ront with transverse row of moderate, setigerous punctures between eyes, otherwise very finely, sparsely punctate; pre-ocular lobes moderate, more explanate than in a.ngustata; clyDeal suture very fine; antennm slender, reaching just beyond anterior coxm. Prothorax 2/5 wider than long; apex truncate except anterior angles slightly prominent; sides broadly, almost evenly arcuate, with fine margins; basal angles rounded; apex margined, base not; disk finely, sparsely punctate and pubescent; middle line excessively fine; base not impressed, baso-lateral impressions completely absent. Elytra probably no wider than prothorax (slightly distorted by pin), elongate; sides parallel; apices rounded-truncate; suture not elevated; each elytron with 9 rows (beside the marginal ringe) of setigerous punctures, no special rows coarser than others; punctures so widely spaced in the rows that at first glance the elytra appear punctured at random; surface otherwise impunctate. Length 7.2; width 2.7 mm.
Distribution
HAITI: holotype, probably (M. C. Z. no. 22040), unique, from Port-au-Prince, May, 1927, G. N. Wolcott collector, received from Mr. Andr Audant.