Straneotia confundis

The Confusing slim arboreal carabid, (Straneotia confundis), is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Amazonian lowlands in the Yasuní area of northeastern Ecuador.

They are macropterous and capable of flight. Standard body length is 4.46 mm. Very shiny dorsum. Head planar and perfectly smooth. Eye large and sub-hemispheric. Antenna short. Pronotum moderately narrow. Abdomen glabrous with normal ambulatory setae.