Toxidium brigadeirense

Toxidium brigadeirense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Staphylinidae
Genus: Toxidium
Species:
T. brigadeirense
Binomial name
Toxidium brigadeirense
von Groll, 2025

Toxidium brigadeirense is a species of beetle in the family Staphylinidae. This species is found in south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais).

Adults reach a length of about 2.18–2.33 mm and have a brown body with some dark reddish areas.

Adults have been collected from undetermined crust/resupinate fungi on logs.

Etymology

The species epithed is derived from the name of the type locality, Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro.[1]

References

  1. ^ Twenty new species of Scaphidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil
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