Dromicoida

Dromicoida elegantia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Dromicoida
Werner, 1995
Species: D. elegantia
Binomial name
Dromicoida elegantia
Werner, 1995

Dromicoida elegantia is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae, the only species in the genus Dromicoida.[1]

The species and genus were first described by Karl Werner in 1995 from specimens discovered in the Ivory Coast.[2]

References

  1. "Dromicoida Werner, 1995". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 28 Jun 2011.
  2. Werner, Karl (June 1995). "Dromicoida gen.n. from West Africa, with description of a new species" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau 65: 19 – 22. Retrieved 19 March 2016.


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