Opisthencentrus

Overview

*Opisthencentrus* is a monotypic Neotropical genus of tiger beetle, known from a single small metallic species inhabiting open wet habitats in South America. At 8–9 mm, these compact, fully winged beetles are among the smallest of the Odontocheilina, distinguished by a remarkable posterior spur at the elytral apex found in no other member of the subtribe.

Type species: Opisthencentrus simplex W. Horn, 1893 [by monotypy]

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