Smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.4 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8CACBCC3-BB68-4EE7-9348-C9C4482423B1 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6159421 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BB87C3-FF96-FF9E-FF2E-F8DAFAF27C2A |
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treatment provided by |
Plazi |
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scientific name |
Smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836 |
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Smaragdina Chevrolat, 1836 View in CoL
Diagnosis: The genus Smaragdina can be recognized by the following characters: body shape elongate and subcylindrical, size usually smaller than 6mm; head small, very short; mandibles short; eyes round or elongate; antennae slender, 2nd and 3 rd antennomeres short and equal, following antennomeres serrate; pronotum transverse, posterior angles rounded; scutellum large; elytra without distinct epipleural lobes; legs short, fore legs slightly longer than others, tarsi short, 1st tarsomere longer than 2nd; pygidium not exposed.
This genus is closely allied to the genus Aethemorpha Lacordaire, 1848 (Jacoby, 1908; Medvedev, 2010; Warchałowski, 2012), but is usually distinguished by the absence of epipleural lobes and a concealed pygidium.
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