title: Trephionus kinoshitai
text: # Trephionus kinoshitai
  
  Trephionus kinoshitai, is a species of beetle belonging to the family Carabidae. It is endemic to Japan.
  
  ## Description
  
  Body length of male is about 8.7–10.2 mm, whereas female is 9.0 mm. Head and pronotum black. Elytra blackish brown to black. No hind wings. Dorso-apical lobe semi-ellipsoid. Apex of aedeagus rounded.
  
  