Biology:Cicindela interrupta

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Short description: Species of beetle

Cicindela interrupta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Cicindelina
Genus: Cicindela
Species:
C. interrupta
Binomial name
Cicindela interrupta
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
  • Cicindela (Hipparidium) interrupta Fabricius, 1775

Cicindela interrupta is a beetle of the family Cicindelidae.[1]


Description

Its head, pronotum, and elytra are dark brown, with yellow markings on the elytra. It has large, prominent, compound eyes and large jaws.

Distribution

This species occurs in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[2][3]

References

  1. 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. 
  2. "Cicindela interrupta Fabricius, 1775". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5Z4SJ. 
  3. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. http://www.carabidfauna2.net/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5119431 entry