Biology:Cylindera dromicoides

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cylindera dromicoides
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cylindera
Species:
C. dromicoides
Binomial name
Cylindera dromicoides
(Chaudoir, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Parmecus pictus Motchulsky, 1864

Cylindera dromicoides is a species of tiger beetle of the family Cicindelidae. It is flightless and has been found mainly along the Himalayas from India (west to Himachal Pradesh) through Nepal and Bhutan and in the Chinese province of Yunnan.[1][2][3]


Adults of the species emerge with the pre-monsoon rains. The head and upper thorax are bright coppery with green, bronze or purple sheens. Along the suture, the elytra are smooth and there are two large lateral spots.[4]

References

  1. Jaskula, R. (2005). "Cylindera dromicoides–a new tiger beetle species for the fauna of China (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". Journal of the Entomological Research Society 7 (1): 63–65. 
  2. "Cylindera dromicoides (Chaudoir, 1852)". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8MK2T. 
  3. Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440. 
  4. Acciavatti, Robert E; Pearson, David L (1989). "The tiger beetle genus Cicindela (Coleoptera, Insecta) from the Indian subcontinent". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 58 (4): 243–244. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52514251. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13508149 entry