Tiger Beetles of Guatemala
Interactive field guide · Cicindelidae · Cicindelidae matrix v54
45
Species
0
Endemics ★
11
Genera
Sep
Peak season
Guatemala holds 45 species of tiger beetle (Cicindelidae). 11 genera recorded. Dominant genera: Cicindelidia (13), Tetracha (9), Pronyssa (7), Opilidia (5).
Habitats: riverine (18) · open sandy (9) · coastal (6)
11
Arboreal
9
Nocturnal
11
Genera
Sep
Peak month
Iconic species of Guatemala
Odontocheila ignita
Ignita Tiger Beetle
*Odontocheila* Laporte de Castelnau, 1834 is the largest genus of subtribe Odontocheilina, with around 105 species distributed across Neotropical forests. These robust, 10–16 mm beetles are nocturnal …
Metallic
8–15 mm
45 species
What to expect: Peak activity in September. Dominant habitats: riverine (18) · open sandy (9) · coastal (6). 11 arboreal species.
| Genus | Spp. | Traits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cicindelidia | 13 | riverine | DIAGNOSIS — *Cicindelidia* Rivalier, 1954. Body 8–15 mm, elongate, metallic, fully winged, nocturnal. Separated from *Ci… |
| Tetracha | 9 | open sandy | DIAGNOSIS — *Tetracha* Hope, 1838. Body 10–20 mm, robust, depressed, metallic. Nocturnal–crepuscular. Broad Megacephalin… |
| Pronyssa | 7 | other | DIAGNOSIS — *Pronyssa* Bates, 1874 Body medium, 9–16 mm; form elongate, notably depressed (flattened). Integument metal… |
| Opilidia | 5 | coastal | DIAGNOSIS — *Opilidia* Rivalier, 1954. Body 10–14 mm, oval (L:W ratio 2–3); habitus metallic with pale spots. Head wider… |
| Brasiella | 4 | riverine Metallic | DIAGNOSIS — *Brasiella* Rivalier, 1954. Body 6–13 mm, elongate-oval; fully winged; nocturnal; sandy substrate. Separated… |
| Ctenostoma | 2 | other | DIAGNOSIS — *Ctenostoma* (Neoprocephalus) Naviaux, 1998. Body ~14 mm, cylindrical (L:W >3.0), metallic. Nocturnal arbore… |
| Habroscelimorpha | 1 | coastal | DIAGNOSIS — *Habroscelimorpha* Dokhtouroff, 1883. Body 12–17 mm, cylindrical, elongate-cursorial; L:W ratio 2–3. Fully w… |
| Iresia | 1 | other | DIAGNOSIS — *Iresia* (Iresia) Dejean, 1831 s.str. Body 9–14 mm, elongate-cylindrical (L:W 2–3); fully winged. Coloratio… |
| Odontocheila | 1 | riverine Metallic | DIAGNOSIS — *Odontocheila* Laporte de Castelnau, 1834. Body 10–16 mm, robust. Toothed elytral/labral margins; labrum sex… |
| Oxycheila | 1 | forest | DIAGNOSIS — *Oxycheila* Dejean, 1825. Body 12–22 mm, robust, metallic, oval (L:W <2.0); labrum dagger-shaped; mandibles … |
| Poecilochila | 1 | other | DIAGNOSIS — *Poecilochila* (Poecilochila) Rivalier, 1969 s.str. Body medium, 9–13 mm; habitus cylindrical, elongate-comp… |
riverine
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Chihuahua
cf. Cicindelidia Microthylax Odontocheila
Brasiella hemichrysea hemichrysea
(Bates, 1881) · 4–8 mm
riverine
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Nayarit, Sinaloa
cf. Cicindelidia Microthylax Odontocheila
Brasiella hemichrysea inspersa
Wiesner, 2003 · 4–8 mm
riverine
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero, Puebla, Queretaro, Yucatan, Tabasco, Sonora, Tamau
cf. Brzoskaicheila Cenothyla Cicindela
Brasiella sphaerodera
(Bates, 1881) · 4–8 mm
riverine
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
cf. Brzoskaicheila Cenothyla Cicindela
Cicindelidia carthagena carthagena
(Dejean, 1831) · 8–18 mm
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Campeche, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Morelos, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Col
cf. Brasiella Microthylax Odontocheila
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Chihuahua, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi,
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
riverine
Active June–September (peak Jul–Aug)
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Zacatecas, San Luis Poto
cf. Brasiella Microthylax Odontocheila
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Queretaro, Tamau
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
riverine
Active May–October (peak Jun–Aug)
Chiapas
cf. Apterodela Cicindela Cylindera
Cicindelidia radians
(Bates, 1881) · 8–18 mm
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
cf. Brasiella Microthylax Odontocheila
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
cf. Brasiella Microthylax Odontocheila
Cicindelidia radians radians
(Bates, 1881) · 8–18 mm
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Chiapas
cf. Brasiella Microthylax Odontocheila
Cicindelidia roseiventris roseiventris
(Dejean, 1831) · 8–18 mm
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco
cf. Brasiella Microthylax Odontocheila
riverine
Active April–August (peak May–Jul)
Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco
cf. Apterodela Cicindela Cylindera
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Arizona, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland,
cf. Brasiella Microthylax Odontocheila
Cicindelidia vasseletii
Wiesner, 2007 · 8–18 mm
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
Cicindelidia walkeriana
(Bates, 1881) · 8–18 mm
riverine
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
cf. Apterodela Cicindela Cylindera
Ctenostoma guatemalense
(Bates, 1869) · 8–20 mm
other
Active January–December (year-round)
cf. Pogonostoma
Ctenostoma maculicorne
Wiesner, 2006 · 8–20 mm
other
Active January–December (year-round)
Oaxaca, Veracruz, Yucatan
cf. Pogonostoma
Habroscelimorpha striga
(LeConte, 1856) · 12–17 mm
coastal
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
other
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Oaxaca, Chiapas, Veracruz
cf. Brasiella Brzoskaicheila Cenothyla
riverine
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Chiapas
cf. Brasiella Brzoskaicheila Cenothyla
coastal
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Baja California, California Sur, Sonora, Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chi
cf. Brasiella Cicindelidia Microthylax
coastal
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Baja California, California Sur, Sonora, Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chi
cf. Brasiella Cicindelidia Microthylax
coastal
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Baja California, California Sur, Sonora, Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chi
cf. Brasiella Cicindelidia Microthylax
coastal
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Baja California, California Sur, Sonora, Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chi
cf. Brasiella Cicindelidia Microthylax
coastal
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Baja California, California Sur, Sonora, Nayarit, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chi
cf. Abroscelis Antennaria Archidela
Oxycheila guatemalensis
Moravec, 2020 · 12–22 mm
forest
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
cf. Cheiloxya Pseudoxycheila
other
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
cf. Brasiella Brzoskaicheila Cenothyla
Pronyssa andrsi
Wiesner, 2008 · 9–16 mm
other
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
Pronyssa assamensis
(Bates, 1892) · 9–16 mm
other
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
Pronyssa ingridae
Wiesner, 2004 · 9–16 mm
other
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
Pronyssa kraatzi
(Bates, 1892) · 9–16 mm
other
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
other
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
other
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
cf. Beckerium Brasiella Cicindela
other
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
cf. Apterodela Calochroa Calomera
open sandy
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Chihuahua, Coahuila, Veracruz, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Colima, San Luis, Poto
cf. Megacephala Phaeoxantha Pseudotetracha
open sandy
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Aruba, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
Tetracha sobrina antiguana
(Bates, 1869) · 11–30 mm
open sandy
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Aruba, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
Tetracha sobrina caicosensis
(Bates, 1869) · 11–30 mm
open sandy
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Aruba, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
Tetracha sobrina freyi
(Bates, 1869) · 11–30 mm
open sandy
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Aruba, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
Tetracha sobrina guyanensis
(Bates, 1869) · 11–30 mm
open sandy
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Aruba, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
Tetracha sobrina infuscata
(Bates, 1869) · 11–30 mm
open sandy
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Aruba, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
open sandy
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Aruba, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
open sandy
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
Aruba, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
cf. Aniara Metriocheila Phaeoxantha
| Taxon | Authority | Flight | Distribution | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasiella hemichrysea fuscostrigata
= Cicindela hemichrysea hemichrysea (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1881) | Chihuahua | ||
| Brasiella hemichrysea hemichrysea | (Bates, 1881) | Nayarit | ||
| Brasiella hemichrysea inspersa
= Cicindela horioni (Mandl, 1935) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2003 | Chihuahua | ||
| Brasiella sphaerodera | (Bates, 1881) | |||
| Cicindelidia carthagena carthagena
= Cicindela carthagena colossea (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
(Dejean, 1831) | Campeche | ||
| Cicindelidia cyaniventris | (Bates, 1881) | Chihuahua | ||
| Cicindelidia ocellata
= Cicindela ocellata ocellata (Klug, 1834) [basionym]
|
(Klug, 1834) | Arizona | ||
| Cicindelidia papillosa
= Cicindela phosphora (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
(LeConte, 1851) | Chihuahua | ||
| Cicindelidia pseudoradians
= Cicindela punctulata (Olivier, 1790) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1881) | Chiapas | ||
| Cicindelidia radians
= Cicindela radians guatemalensis (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1881) | Chihuahua | ||
| Cicindelidia radians guatemalensis
= Cicindela radians radians (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1881) | |||
| Cicindelidia radians radians
= Cicindela roseiventris linearis (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1881) | Chiapas | ||
| Cicindelidia roseiventris roseiventris
= Cicindela roseiventris tascosaensis (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
(Dejean, 1831) | Veracruz | ||
| Cicindelidia roseiventris tascosaensis
= Cicindela rufiventris (Dejean, 1831) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1881) | Veracruz | ||
| Cicindelidia trifasciata ascendens
= Cicindela trifasciata australis (Fabricius, 1781) [basionym]
|
(Fabricius, 1781) | Arizona | ||
| Cicindelidia vasseletii
= Cicindela veracruzensis (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2007 | Veracruz | ||
| Cicindelidia walkeriana
= Cicindela willistoni echo (LeConte, 1875) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1881) | |||
| Ctenostoma guatemalense | (Bates, 1869) | |||
| Ctenostoma maculicorne
= Cicindela nitidum (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2006 | Oaxaca | ||
| Habroscelimorpha striga | (LeConte, 1856) | Guerrero | ||
| Iresia boucardii
= Cicindela lacordairei (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1881) | Oaxaca | ||
| Odontocheila ignita
= Cicindela iodopleura (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1869) | Chiapas | ||
| Opilidia macrocnema
= Cicindela macrocnema kinbergi (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | Baja California | ||
| Opilidia macrocnema kinbergi
= Cicindela macrocnema kino (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | Baja California | ||
| Opilidia macrocnema kino
= Cicindela macrocnema macrocnema (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | Baja California | ||
| Opilidia macrocnema macrocnema
= Cicindela macrocnema obliquans (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | Baja California | ||
| Opilidia macrocnema obliquans
= Cicindela pilosipes (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | Baja California | ||
| Oxycheila guatemalensis
= Cicindela haenschi (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
|
Moravec, 2020 | |||
| Poecilochila championi
= Cicindela lacordairei (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Werner, 2020 | |||
| Pronyssa andrsi
= Cicindela assamensis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Pronyssa assamensis | (Bates, 1892) | |||
| Pronyssa ingridae
= Cicindela kraatzi (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Pronyssa kraatzi | (Bates, 1892) | |||
| Pronyssa manaslucola
= Cicindela montanea (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Pronyssa montanea
= Cicindela nodicollis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | |||
| Pronyssa nodicollis
= Cicindela excoffieri (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | |||
| Tetracha angustata
= Cicindela angusticollis (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Dejean, 1826) | Chihuahua | ||
| Tetracha sobrina
= Cicindela sobrina antiguana (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1869) | Aruba | ||
| Tetracha sobrina antiguana
= Cicindela sobrina caicosensis (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1869) | Aruba | ||
| Tetracha sobrina caicosensis
= Cicindela sobrina freyi (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1869) | Aruba | ||
| Tetracha sobrina freyi
= Cicindela sobrina guyanensis (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1869) | Aruba | ||
| Tetracha sobrina guyanensis
= Cicindela sobrina infuscata (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1869) | Aruba | ||
| Tetracha sobrina infuscata
= Cicindela sobrina punctata (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1869) | Aruba | ||
| Tetracha sobrina punctata
= Cicindela sobrina sobrina (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1869) | Aruba | ||
| Tetracha sobrina sobrina
= Cicindela sommeri (Chaudoir, 1850) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1869) | Aruba |