Eustra shanghaiensis

Eustra shanghaiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Eustra
Species:	E. shanghaiensis
Binomial name
	Eustra shanghaiensis; Song, Tang, Peng, 2018

Eustra shanghaiensis is a species of flanged bombardier beetle belonging to the family Carabidae. It is endemic to China.^[1]

Description

Body length is 3.06–3.17 mm. Body yellowish-brown in color. Head and pronotum with reddish tinge. There is a dark spot on each elytron. Head convex and gently covered with yellow setae. Eyes small. Antennae submoniliform. Pronotum sparsely covered with yellow setae. Elytra densely punctulate and pubescent. Hind wings well developed. Male has wide sternite, which is widely truncate.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Song, X. B.; Tang, L.; Peng, Z. (27 February 2018). "Flanged Bombardier beetles from Shanghai, China, with description of a new species in the genus Eustra Schmidt-Goebel". ZooKeys (740): 45–57. doi:10.3897/zookeys.740.20458. PMC 5904436. PMID 29674888. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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[Eshanghaiensis-1] Song, X. B.; Tang, L.; Peng, Z. (27 February 2018). "Flanged Bombardier beetles from Shanghai, China, with description of a new species in the genus Eustra Schmidt-Goebel". ZooKeys (740): 45–57. doi:10.3897/zookeys.740.20458. PMC 5904436. PMID 29674888. Retrieved 3 April 2018.

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