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Carabidae, Odacanthini (= Colliurini)
A tiny nocturnal beetle about 6mm body length.
Populated land, marginal forest and forest undergrowth.
Reference and list of species of Ophionea:
http://carabidae.org/carabidae/taxa/ophi...
It looks very similar to Ophionea indica and may well be this species, or one of its close relatives. However, there is another genus in SE-Asia, Archicolliuris, which contains some very similar-looking species. Without knowing the characters to distinguish these genera, I can only be sure about the tribe...
Spotted on Feb 8, 2013
Submitted on Feb 16, 2014
