title: Trephionus shibataianus
text: # Trephionus shibataianus
  
  Trephionus shibataianus, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae. It is endemic to Japan.
  
  ## Description
  
  Body length of male is about 8.4 mm. Head and pronotum black. Elytra blackish brown to black. Endophallus stout. No hind wings. Dorso-apical lobe narrowed apically. Apex of aedeagus truncate.
  
  