Field Cards — French Guiana
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Aniara sepulchralis
(Bates, 1869)
14–20 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
open sandycrepuscular
Amapa, Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul
Uniform matt black, no maculation, transverse labrum dentate, short antennae, large head >> pronotum; only species of genus
Resembles Apterodela, Cicindela, Cicindelidia
Brasiella argentata
(Dejean, 1831)
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
= Cicindela argentata cyanosparsa (Dejean, 1831) [basionym]
Neotropical.
Resembles Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla, Cicindela
Brasiella argentata macella
(Dejean, 1831)
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amapa
= Cicindela argentata peruensis (Dejean, 1831) [basionym]
Neotropical; [inherited from species]
Resembles Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla, Cicindela
Brasiella mendicula
(Bates, 1881)
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
= Cicindela minarum (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
Neotropical.
Resembles Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla, Cicindela
Brasiella venustula
(Bates, 1881)
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
= Cicindela viridicollis (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
Neotropical.
Resembles Cicindelidia, Microthylax, Odontocheila
Cenothyla varians
Wiesner, 2008
9–13 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
open sandydiurnal
Amapá, Pará
= Cicindela atrata (Pallas, 1776) [basionym]
Head about awith wide awith pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Ctenostoma brulei
Wiesner, 2006
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal★ Endemic
= Cicindela cayennense (Latreille, 1817) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma cayennense
(Latreille, 1817)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma durantoni
Wiesner, 2006
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Pará
= Cicindela ebeninum (Klug, 1834) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma formicarium
(Klug, 1834)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal★ Endemic
Amazonas, Pará
= Cicindela guyanense (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma guyanense
(Bates, 1869)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma jekelii
(Bates, 1869)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Amapá, Pará, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco
= Cicindela jekelii jekelii (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma jekelii jekelii
(Bates, 1869)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Amapá, Pará, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco
= Cicindela jekelii raresculptum (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos [inherited from species]
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma jekelii raresculptum
(Bates, 1869)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Amapá, Pará, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco
= Cicindela longipalpe (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma luctuosum
Wiesner, 2006
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Madre de Dios, Amazonas
= Cicindela magnum (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma metallicum
(Bates, 1869)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma pusillum
Wiesner, 2006
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma pusillum minimum
Wiesner, 2006
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos [inherited from species]
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma pusillum pusillum
Wiesner, 2006
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
= Cicindela abbreviatum (Klug, 1834) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma schaumi
(Bates, 1869)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Bahia, Ceara
= Cicindela schaumi pilosulum (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma schaumi schaumi
(Bates, 1869)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Bahia, Ceara
= Cicindela schmalzi (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma succinctum
(Bates, 1869)
8–20 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Pará
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Pogonostoma
Iresia mniszechii
(Bates, 1881)
9–14 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
otherdiurnal
Bolivar
= Cicindela pulchra (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
Head about as wide as pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Iresia surinamensis
(Bates, 1881)
9–14 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
otherdiurnal
= Cicindela boucardii (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
Head about as wide as pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila atripes
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal★ 5.3
Amazonas
= Cicindela baeri (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila bipunctata
Moravec, 2020
8–15 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
riverinediurnal
Pará, Amazonas
= Cicindela cajennensis (Latreille, 1817) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila cajennensis
(Latreille, 1817)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal★ 5.3
Para, Amazonas
= Cicindela camposi (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila chrysis
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy,
= Cicindela ignita (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Cicindelidia, Microthylax
Odontocheila confusa
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Pará
= Cicindela confusa aperta (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila confusa aperta
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Pará
= Cicindela confusa confusa (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin); [inherited from species]
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila confusa confusa
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Pará
= Cicindela confusa trochanterica (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin); [inherited from species]
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila confusa trochanterica
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Pará
= Cicindela curvidens (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila luridipes
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Madre de Dios, Amazonas, Para
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila margineguttata
Moravec, 2020
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Pará, Roraima, Santa Catarina
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila margineguttata aegra
Moravec, 2020
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Pará, Roraima, Santa Catarina
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin); [inherited from species]
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila margineguttata margineguttata
Moravec, 2020
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Pará, Roraima, Santa Catarina
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin); [inherited from species]
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila margineguttata pavida
Moravec, 2020
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Pará, Roraima, Santa Catarina
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin); [inherited from species]
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila margineguttata rugatula
Moravec, 2020
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Pará, Roraima, Santa Catarina
= Cicindela marginilabris (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila nigrotarsalis
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amazonas, Alcoto, Oyapock
= Cicindela nitidicollis (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila nitidicollis
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal★ 5.3
Amazonas, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Goias, Mato Grosso, Grosso, Acre
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila scapularis
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amapá
= Cicindela scapularis curvipenis (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila scapularis curvipenis
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amapá
= Cicindela scapularis scapularis (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin); [inherited from species]
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila scapularis scapularis
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Amapá
= Cicindela semicincta (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila spinipennis
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal★ 5.3
Amapa
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Odontocheila tricuspipenis
Moravec, 2020
8–15 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
riverinediurnal
Loreto, Para
= Cicindela trilbyana (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Pentacomia egregia
(Bates, 1869)
8–13 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
otherdiurnal
Amazonas, Pará
= Cicindela horni (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Head about awith wide awith pronotum or slightly narrower; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Pentacomia microtheres
(Bates, 1869)
8–13 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
otherdiurnal
Para
= Cicindela punctum (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Head about awith wide awith pronotum or slightly narrower; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Phaeoxantha aequinoctialis
(Bates, 1869)
13–27 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
open sandynocturnal
Goias, Chapare, Corrientes, Salta, Rio Negro
= Cicindela aequinoctialis bifasciata (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Head broad, wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant (leswith so than diurn
Resembles Megacephala, Pseudotetracha, Tetracha
Poecilochila lacordairei
(Bates, 1892)
9–13 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
otherdiurnal
Rio Purus, Rio Napo, Madre de Dios, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerai
Head about awith wide awith pronotum or slightly wider; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Archidela
Poecilochila ventralis
Werner, 2020
9–13 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
otherdiurnal
Acre, Pará, Pernambuco, Rondonia, Sao Paulo
Head about awith wide awith pronotum or slightly wider; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Poecilochila ventralis mediofasciata
Werner, 2020
9–13 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
otherdiurnal
Acre, Pará, Pernambuco, Rondonia, Sao Paulo
Head about awith wide awith pronotum or slightly wider; eyewith large, protuberant; [inherited from species]
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Poecilochila ventralis obscuriventris
Werner, 2020
9–13 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
otherdiurnal
Acre, Pará, Pernambuco, Rondonia, Sao Paulo
Head about awith wide awith pronotum or slightly wider; eyewith large, protuberant; [inherited from species]
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Poecilochila ventralis ventralis
Werner, 2020
9–13 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
otherdiurnal
Acre, Pará, Pernambuco, Rondonia, Sao Paulo
= Cicindela levigatum levigatum (Chaudoir, 1850) [basionym]
Pseudoxycheila caribe
(Bates, 1881)
12–22 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandydiurnal★ 5.1
= Cicindela ceratoma (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith moderate,
Resembles Cheiloxya, Oxycheila
Tetracha affinis
(Dejean, 1826)
11–30 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandynocturnal
Amapa
= Cicindela angustata (Dejean, 1826) [basionym]
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Tetracha brasiliensis durantoni
(Kirby, 1818)
11–30 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandynocturnal
Pará, Rondonia
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Tetracha erichsoni
(Chaudoir, 1850)
11–30 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandynocturnal
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Resembles Aniara, Metriocheila, Phaeoxantha
Tetracha globosicollis
(Bates, 1869)
11–30 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandynocturnal
= Cicindela globosicollis maya (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Resembles Aniara, Metriocheila, Phaeoxantha
Tetracha globosicollis maya
(Bates, 1869)
11–30 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandynocturnal
= Cicindela chacoensis (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Resembles Aniara, Metriocheila, Phaeoxantha
Tetracha lacordairei
(Bates, 1869)
11–30 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
open sandynocturnal
Orinoco, Rondonia
= Cicindela lateralis (Dejean, 1826) [basionym]
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Resembles Megacephala, Phaeoxantha, Pseudotetracha
Tetracha zerchei
Moravec, 2020
11–30 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
open sandynocturnal
= Cicindela alboobliquatus (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Nocturnal–crepuscular.
Resembles Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera