Thoasia

Thoasia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Thoasia; Liebke, 1939

Thoasia is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae. It was once classified as a monotypic genus with the species Thoasia rugifrons, however recently three new species was found.[1]

Species

Thoasia rugifrons Liebke, 1939 - French Guiana, Venezuela.
Thoasia surinamensis Erwin & Aldebron, 2018 - Suriname.
Thoasia pterosmaragdos Aldebron & Erwin, 2018 - French Guiana.
Thoasia manu Erwin & Aldebron, 2018 - Ecuador, Perú

References

"Neotropical Thoasia Liebke, 1939 and Straneotia Mateu, 1961 of the Cryptobatida group, subtribe Agrina: Taxonomic revisions with notes on their ways of life (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)". Zootaxa. 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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[1] "Neotropical Thoasia Liebke, 1939 and Straneotia Mateu, 1961 of the Cryptobatida group, subtribe Agrina: Taxonomic revisions with notes on their ways of life (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)". Zootaxa. 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.