''Rhyzodiastes maritimus'' is a species of

ground beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it i ...

in the subfamily Rhysodinae. It was described by R.T. & J.R. Bell in 1981. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the island of Kosrae in the east of the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

. ''Rhyzodiastes maritimus'' measure in length.

References

Rhyzodiastes Beetles of Oceania Endemic fauna of the Federated States of Micronesia Beetles described in 1981 {{Rhysodinae-stub