Tiger Beetles of Laos
Interactive field guide · Cicindelidae · Cicindelidae matrix v54
Laos holds 177 species of tiger beetle (Cicindelidae), including 12 country endemics ★. 18 genera recorded. Dominant genera: Neocollyris (53), Therates (27), Calochroa (20), Cylindera (12).
Habitats: coastal (64) · riverine (9) · open sandy (7)
Iconic species of Laos
Pulchripes Tiger Beetle
*Tricondyla* are large, elongate tiger beetles of Oriental forests, their cylindrical bodies perfectly suited to life on the bark and branches of tropical trees. Nocturnal hunters, they move across de…
Distribution — 97 species with GPS data
Color = habitat zone · Dot size = species density · Cicindelidae on GBIF ↗
| Genus | Spp. | Traits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neocollyris | 53 | other Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Neocollyris* (Heterocollyris) Naviaux, 1994. Body 10–18 mm, cylindrical, metallic; L:W >3.0; labrum transve… |
| Therates | 27 | other Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Therates* Latreille, 1816. Body 7–13 mm, elongate-depressed, dark/matte with pale maculation; labrum subqua… |
| Calochroa | 20 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838 Body 9–18 mm, robust-cursorial, elongate-oval. Head wider than pronotum; eyes medium… |
| Cylindera | 12 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Cylindera* (Eugrapha) Rivalier, 1950. Body 7–14 mm, elongate-cylindrical, metallic. Nocturnal; bare sandy s… |
| Calomera | 10 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Calomera* Motschulsky, 1862. 8–18 mm; genae densely long-setose; sterna setose; elytra with whitish/ivory t… |
| Lophyra | 8 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Lophyra* (Spilodella) Matalin & Cherkasov, 2004. Body 9–12 mm, cylindrical; metallic with pale spots; noctu… |
| Myriochila | 8 | coastal | DIAGNOSIS — *Myriochila* Motschulsky, 1857. Body 8–14 mm, elongate, metallic; eyes large, prominent; labrum transverse; … |
| Prothyma | 8 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Prothyma* (Pseudodistypsidera) W. Horn, 1934. Body 10–16 mm, metallic, cylindrical; fully winged; diurnal; … |
| Tricondyla | 8 | other Iridescent flightless | DIAGNOSIS — *Tricondyla* (Stenotricondyla) Naviaux, 2002. Body 10–18 mm, strongly cylindrical; dark, matte. Arboreal, no… |
| Naviauxella | 5 | open sandy | DIAGNOSIS — *Naviauxella* Cassola, 1988. Body medium, 8–14 mm; habitus elongate-cursorial. Head wider than pronotum; eye… |
| Protocollyris | 5 | other | DIAGNOSIS — *Protocollyris* Mandl, 1975. Body 5–9 mm; smallest-bodied genus in Collyridini. Habitus strongly cylindrical… |
| Collyris | 4 | other Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Collyris* Fabricius, 1801 Body 12–25 mm, strongly cylindrical, L:W ratio >3.0; metallic. Head elongate, lo… |
| Cosmodela | 3 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961 Body medium, 14–22 mm; habitus robust-cursorial, somewhat broader than typical C… |
| Salpingophora | 2 | riverine | DIAGNOSIS — *Salpingophora* Rivalier, 1950. Body small, 10–16 mm, cylindrical; L:W ratio 2–3. Integument metallic. Eyes … |
| Antennaria | 1 | open sandy | DIAGNOSIS — *Antennaria* Dokhtouroff, 1883. Body small, 11–14 mm, depressed; L:W ratio <2.0. Coloration dark, matte. Eye… |
| Callytron | 1 | coastal Iridescent | DIAGNOSIS — *Callytron* Gistl, 1848 Body 10–18 mm, depressed-elongate, metallic. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very la… |
| Heptodonta | 1 | coastal | DIAGNOSIS — *Heptodonta* Hope, 1838 Body medium, 9–14 mm; elongate-cylindrical. Head wider than pronotum; eyes medium, p… |
| Probstia | 1 | open sandy | DIAGNOSIS — *Probstia* Cassola, 2002 Body small (7–11 mm), elongate, strongly depressed. Head wider than pronotum; eyes … |
| Taxon | Authority | Flight | Distribution | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antennaria sparsimpilosa
= Cicindela sepulchralis (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | |||
| Callytron andersoni | (Bates, 1892) | Malacca | ||
| Calochroa anometallescens | Wiesner, 2008 | Yunnan | ||
| Calochroa bicolor atavus
= Cicindela bicolor bicolor (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | Jharkhand | ||
| Calochroa bicolor bicolor
= Cicindela bicolor haemorrhoidalis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Jharkhand | ||
| Calochroa bicolor haemorrhoidalis | (Bates, 1874) | Jharkhand | ||
| Calochroa bicolor xanthospilota | Wiesner, 2008 | Jharkhand | ||
| Calochroa bramani | Wiesner, 2008 | ★ | ||
| Calochroa brancuccii | Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Calochroa carissima | Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Calochroa elegantula | Wiesner, 2008 | Malacca | ||
| Calochroa flavomaculata flavomaculata
= Cicindela flavomaculata lorenzi (Hope, 1831) [basionym]
|
(Hope, 1831) | Andaman and Nicobar Isl. | ||
| Calochroa flavomaculata lorenzi | (Hope, 1831) | Andaman and Nicobar Isl. | ||
| Calochroa flavomaculata sexsignata | Wiesner, 2008 | Andaman and Nicobar Isl. | ||
| Calochroa flavomaculata sumbawae | Wiesner, 2008 | Andaman and Nicobar Isl. | ||
| Calochroa harmandi | Wiesner, 2008 | ★ | ||
| Calochroa holzschuhi | Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Calochroa interruptofasciata flavolineata
= Cicindela interruptofasciata interruptofasciata (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | Guangdong | ||
| Calochroa interruptofasciata interruptofasciata | (Bates, 1892) | Guangdong | ||
| Calochroa interruptofasciata lamaoensis | Wiesner, 2008 | Guangdong | ||
| Calochroa laurae | Wiesner, 2008 | Yunnan | ||
| Calochroa moraveci
= Cicindela mouhoti (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Calomera angulata angulata
= Cicindela angulata niponensis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Fabricius, 1787) | Punjab | ||
| Calomera brevipilosa brevipilosa
= Cicindela brevipilosa kaiyaensis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Beijing | ||
| Calomera brevipilosa kaiyaensis
= Cicindela brevipilosa klapperichi (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Beijing | ||
| Calomera brevipilosa klapperichi
= Cicindela cabigasi (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Beijing | ||
| Calomera chloris | (Bates, 1874) | Nengrahar | ||
| Calomera crespignyi | (Bates, 1874) | Andaman Islands | ||
| Calomera funerea
= Cicindela funerea assimilis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| Calomera funerea assimilis
= Cicindela funerea funerea (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Himachal Pradesh | ||
| Calomera funerea funerea
= Cicindela funerea genetica (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | per Pearson et al. 2020 | ||
| Calomera plumigera scoliographa | (Bates, 1874) | Malacca | ||
| Collyris brevipennis
= Cicindela colossea (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Northeast | ||
| Collyris gigas
= Cicindela longicollis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Yunnan | ||
| Collyris mniszechii
= Cicindela robusta (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Chaudoir, 1860) | Yunnan | ||
| Collyris subtilesculpta
= Cicindela aurulenta aurulenta (Fabricius, 1801) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | |||
| Cosmodela duponti
= Cicindela fleutiauxi fleutiauxi (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | Karnataka | ||
| Cosmodela juxtata | Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989 [nomen novum pro C. aurulenta juxtata] | Arunachal Pradesh | ||
| Cosmodela virgula
= Cicindela brunet (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | Himachal Pradesh | ||
| Cylindera biprolongata
= Cicindela bonina (Nakane, 1963) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Yunnan | ||
| Cylindera brendelliana
= Cicindela bryanti (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 1992 | Dawna Range | ||
| Cylindera cyclobregma | (Bates, 1867) | Arunachal Pradesh | ||
| Cylindera foveolata
= Cicindela froggatti froggatti (Blackburn, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | Madhya Pradesh | ||
| Cylindera holosericea
= Cicindela humerula (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Sumatra | ||
| Cylindera minuta
= Cicindela mongolica (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1867) | Arunachal Pradesh | ||
| Cylindera mutata
= Cicindela procera (Bates, 1867) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | Yunnan | ||
| Cylindera paucipilina | (Bates, 1867) | Assam | ||
| Cylindera spinolae koratensis
= Cicindela spinolae spinolae (Klug, 1832) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Himachal Pradesh | ||
| Cylindera spinolae spinolae
= Cicindela spinosa (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Klug, 1832) | Himachal Pradesh ★ | ||
| Cylindera spinosa
= Cicindela subtilesignata (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | |||
| Cylindera sublacerata levithoracica
= Cicindela sublacerata sublacerata (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2009 | Yunnan | ||
| Heptodonta eugenia | (Bates, 1874) | Malacca | ||
| Lophyra anataria
= Cicindela atkinsonii (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1878) | |||
| Lophyra cancellata
= Cicindela cancellata borchmanni (Dejean, 1826) [basionym]
|
(Dejean, 1826) | Maharashtra | ||
| Lophyra cancellata borchmanni
= Cicindela cancellata cancellata (Dejean, 1826) [basionym]
|
(Dejean, 1826) | Yunnan | ||
| Lophyra cancellata cancellata
= Cicindela cancellata candei (Dejean, 1826) [basionym]
|
(Dejean, 1826) | Maharashtra | ||
| Lophyra fuliginosa
= Cicindela latelimbata (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
|
Werner, 2000 | Malacca | ||
| Lophyra lineifrons
= Cicindela multiguttata (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
|
Werner, 2000 | Uttarakhand | ||
| Lophyra striolata striolata | (Klug, 1832) | Maharashtra | ||
| Lophyra striolata wetterensis
= Cicindela vittigera (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
|
Werner, 2000 | Maharashtra | ||
| Myriochila fastidiosa
= Cicindela fastidiosa fastidiosa (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1878) | NWFP | ||
| Myriochila fastidiosa fastidiosa
= Cicindela fastidiosa leucoloma (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1878) | NWFP | ||
| Myriochila fastidiosa leucoloma
= Cicindela fastidiosa litigiosa (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1878) | NWFP | ||
| Myriochila fastidiosa litigiosa | (Bates, 1878) | NWFP | ||
| Myriochila sinica | Werner, 1999 | Xizang | ||
| Myriochila specularis brevipennis
= Cicindela specularis specularis (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
|
Werner, 1999 | Malacca | ||
| Myriochila specularis specularis | (Bates, 1878) | Malacca | ||
| Myriochila specularis suensoni | Werner, 1999 | Malacca | ||
| Naviauxella davisonii
= Cicindela declivitatis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Gestro, 1889) | |||
| Naviauxella durandi | Naviaux, 2012 | |||
| Naviauxella phongsalyensis | Sawada & Wiesner, 2004 | Yunnan | ||
| Naviauxella ramai | Naviaux, 1991 | Sukhotai | ||
| Naviauxella vientianensis
= Cicindela dunedensis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | |||
| Neocollyris aspera | Naviaux, 2007 | |||
| Neocollyris atrata
= Cicindela brevis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris batesi
= Cicindela bonellii (Guerin-Meneville, 1844) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 1994 | Assam | ||
| Neocollyris bicolor | (Bates, 1874) | Guangxi | ||
| Neocollyris biimpressa
= Cicindela bipartita bipartita (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris bonellii
= Cicindela bonellii bonellii (Guerin-Meneville, 1844) [basionym]
|
(Guerin-Meneville, 1844) | Sumatra | ||
| Neocollyris bonellii bonellii
= Cicindela bonellii filiformis (Guerin-Meneville, 1844) [basionym]
|
(Guerin-Meneville, 1844) | Sumatra | ||
| Neocollyris bonellii filiformis
= Cicindela bonellii palpalis (Guerin-Meneville, 1844) [basionym]
|
(Guerin-Meneville, 1844) | Sumatra | ||
| Neocollyris bonellii paraguensis
= Cicindela bonellii viridula (Guerin-Meneville, 1844) [basionym]
|
(Guerin-Meneville, 1844) | Sumatra | ||
| Neocollyris bonellii viridula | (Guerin-Meneville, 1844) | Sumatra | ||
| Neocollyris buchardi | Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris compressicollis
= Cicindela constricticollis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 1994 | Assam | ||
| Neocollyris cruentata | Naviaux, 1994 | Assam | ||
| Neocollyris cylindripennis | Naviaux, 1994 | Guangxi | ||
| Neocollyris dimidiata dimidiata | (Bates, 1874) | Malacca | ||
| Neocollyris discretegrossesculpta
= Cicindela globicollis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris fruhstorferi | Naviaux, 1994 | Guangdong | ||
| Neocollyris fuscitarsis | Naviaux, 1994 | Assam | ||
| Neocollyris granulata | Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris insignis | Naviaux, 1994 | Assam | ||
| Neocollyris intermedia | Naviaux, 2020 | |||
| Neocollyris laosensis | Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris linearis | Naviaux, 1994 | Jiangxi | ||
| Neocollyris linearis beccarii | Naviaux, 1994 | Jiangxi | ||
| Neocollyris linearis linearis | Naviaux, 1994 | Jiangxi | ||
| Neocollyris linearis tenuicornis | Naviaux, 1994 | Jiangxi | ||
| Neocollyris martinui | Naviaux, 2007 | Houaphan | ||
| Neocollyris moesta fusca
= Cicindela moesta moesta (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 1994 | Jawa | ||
| Neocollyris moesta moesta | (Bates, 1874) | Jawa | ||
| Neocollyris mouhotii mouhotii | (Bates, 1874) | |||
| Neocollyris mouhotii nagaii | Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris orichalcina orichalcina | (Bates, 1874) | Naga Hills | ||
| Neocollyris panfilovi | Naviaux, 2007 | Sichuan | ||
| Neocollyris pseudosignata
= Cicindela punctatella (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris rubella | Naviaux, 2007 | |||
| Neocollyris rufipalpis | Naviaux, 1994 | Assam | ||
| Neocollyris saphyrina
= Cicindela schaumi (Chaudoir, 1865) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | Assam | ||
| Neocollyris semiaenescens | Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris signata
= Cicindela vedda (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 1994 | Guangdong | ||
| Neocollyris similis | (Bates, 1874) | Assam | ||
| Neocollyris stenocephala
= Cicindela stiengensis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 2020 | |||
| Neocollyris strangulata | Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris subtilis
= Cicindela subtilis brachycephala (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | Malacca | ||
| Neocollyris subtilis brachycephala
= Cicindela subtilis subtilis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | |||
| Neocollyris subtilis subtilis | (Bates, 1874) | Malacca | ||
| Neocollyris tricolor | Naviaux, 1994 | Yunnan | ||
| Neocollyris tumida
= Cicindela variicornis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Naviaux, 1994 | Yunnan | ||
| Neocollyris valida | Naviaux, 1994 | |||
| Neocollyris variicornis | (Bates, 1874) | Sikkim | ||
| Neocollyris variitarsis | Naviaux, 1994 | Arunachal Pradesh | ||
| Neocollyris variitarsis variitarsis | Naviaux, 1994 | Arunachal Pradesh ★ | ||
| Neocollyris versuta | Naviaux, 2007 | |||
| Neocollyris vitalisi | Naviaux, 2020 | Xizang | ||
| Probstia triumphaloides | (Bates, 1892) | |||
| Prothyma bouvieri bouvieri | W. Horn, 1896 | |||
| Prothyma bouvieri saiyokensis | Naviaux, 1991 | |||
| Prothyma exornata
= Cicindela reconciliatrix (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | |||
| Prothyma fallaciosa fallaciosa | Rivalier, 1964 | |||
| Prothyma heteromalla | (Bates, 1892) | Malacca | ||
| Prothyma laophila
= Cicindela lucidicollis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Prothyma schmidtgoebeli | (Bates, 1892) | Vietnam | ||
| Prothyma vientianensis
= Cicindela exornata (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Protocollyris annamensis
= Cicindela antennalis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | |||
| Protocollyris grossepunctata | (Bates, 1892) | Jiangxi | ||
| Protocollyris longiceps
= Cicindela mindanaoensis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | Northeast | ||
| Protocollyris montana | (Bates, 1892) | |||
| Protocollyris probsti
= Cicindela sauteri (Fleutiaux, 1898) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Salpingophora hanseatica
= Cicindela helferi (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | |||
| Salpingophora helferi
= Cicindela maindroni (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1874) | |||
| Therates apiceflavus | (Bates, 1892) | ★ | ||
| Therates apicenigrus
= Cicindela arunachalcolus (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Therates bannapecolus | Wiesner, 2004 | ★ | ||
| Therates bannokcolus | Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Therates circumscriptus
= Cicindela clavicornis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Therates concinnus | (Bates, 1892) | Tanintharyi | ||
| Therates cribratus | (Bates, 1892) | ★ | ||
| Therates csorbai | Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Therates dembickyi
= Cicindela differens (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2004 | ★ | ||
| Therates differens
= Cicindela dichromus (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
(Bates, 1892) | |||
| Therates gestroi | (Bates, 1892) | |||
| Therates haucki | Wiesner, 2004 | Nan | ||
| Therates laotiensis
= Cicindela latreillei (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Therates moraveci | Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Therates namthacolus | Wiesner, 2004 | Yunnan | ||
| Therates ottomerkli | Wiesner, 2004 | ★ | ||
| Therates pacholatkoi
= Cicindela palawanensis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
|
Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Therates phongsalyensis | Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Therates probsti | Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Therates pseudoconfluens | Wiesner, 2004 | Yunnan | ||
| Therates pseudorugifer | Wiesner, 2008 | ★ | ||
| Therates pseudorugifer pentalabiodentatus | Wiesner, 2008 | ★ | ||
| Therates pseudorugifer pseudorugifer | Wiesner, 2008 | |||
| Therates rugulosus | Wiesner, 2004 | Sumatra ★ | ||
| Therates safraneki | Wiesner, 2014 | |||
| Therates sigridgeisslerae | Wiesner, 2014 | |||
| Therates tuberosus | Wiesner, 2004 | |||
| Tricondyla distincta | (Bates, 1874) | |||
| Tricondyla mellyi | (Bates, 1874) | Guangxi | ||
| Tricondyla ovaligrossa
= Cicindela ovicollis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Werner, 2003 | |||
| Tricondyla proxima | Werner, 2003 | |||
| Tricondyla pulchripes
= Cicindela reducta (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Werner, 2003 | Fujian | ||
| Tricondyla rivalieri | Werner, 2003 | |||
| Tricondyla stricticeps
= Cicindela tuberculata (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
|
Werner, 2003 | Hong Kong | ||
| Tricondyla wiesneri | Werner, 2003 |
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