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.