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Rhyzodiastes (Rhyzotetrops)

Rhyzodiastes janus

Ross T. Bell
Containing group: Rhyzodiastes

Introduction

Rhyzotetrops is a subgenus with a single species from Fiji.

Characteristics

Each compound eye is divided into two well-separated, ocellus-like structures, one anterior to the other. This remarkable four-eyed condition is duplicated in Clinidium (s. str.) beccarii and related species.

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Rhyzodiastes (Rhyzotetrops) janus. (A) Dorsal aspect of head and pronotum. (B) Head (lateral aspect).
Modified from Bell and Bell (1985). Copyright © 1985 Ross T. Bell and Joyce R. Bell.

The elytron has an intercalary stria. The apical stylet of the antenna is acuminate. The antennal tufts are limited to segments VII-X. The clypeal setae are present. The median groove of the pronotum is strongly dilated. The inner carinae slope gradually into the paramedian grooves, which are glabrous except for a strip of pollinosity along the medial margin of the outer carina. This margin is curved and of even width, and it carries a row of setae. The intra-tubercular stria is obsolete except for the apex, which is impressed. All femora have many long setae.

Other Names for Rhyzodiastes janus

References

Bell, R. T. and J. R. Bell. 1985. Rhysodini of the World Part IV. Revisions of Rhyzodiastes and Clinidium, with new species in other genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 21(1): 1-172.

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Ross T. Bell
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA

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Bell, Ross T. 2000. Rhyzodiastes (Rhyzotetrops). Rhyzodiastes janus. Version 01 March 2000 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Rhyzodiastes_janus/1931/2000.03.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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