Elaphropus (Idiotachys) acutifrons, Boyd, Olivia F. & Erwin, Terry L., 2016

Boyd, Olivia F. & Erwin, Terry L., 2016, Taxonomic review of New World Tachyina (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descriptions of new genera, subgenera, and species, with an updated key to the subtribe in the Americas, ZooKeys 626, pp. 87-123 : 102

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Elaphropus (Idiotachys) acutifrons sp. n. Figs 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G

Type material.

Holotype: female (AMNH) with following label data: “Santarem”. Paratypes: 1 female in NMNH, from type locality.

Type locality.

Brazil: Pará, Santarém.

Description.

Form, size, color, head, prothorax, pterothorax, and distribution as in description of the subgenus.

Derivation of specific epithet.

Derived from the Latin acutus (= “sharp”) and frons (= “front”), in reference to this species’ distinctive raised frons.