Field Cards — Saudi Arabia
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Calomera alboguttata alboguttata
(Herbst, 1806)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.3
= Cicindela alboguttata viridinitida (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
Resembles Myriochila, Salpingophora, Socotrana
Calomera aulica aulica
(Dejean, 1825)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.3
S Pelopones, Baluchistan, Sind, Gujarat, Cacheu, Oio, North Eastern
= Cicindela aulica cupraria (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
Calomera marmorata
Wiesner, 2008
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ 6.3
Baluchistan
= Cicindela mindanaoensis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Head densely covered with long setae on genae; Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Cylindera pygmaea
Wiesner, 2008
5–22 mm
Active April–July (peak May–Jun)
coastaldiurnal
Anatolia
Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Calomera, Cephalota, Cicindela
Cylindera pygmaea laetula
Wiesner, 2008
5–22 mm
Active April–July (peak May–Jun)
coastaldiurnal
Anatolia
Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology; [inherited from species]
Resembles Calomera, Cephalota, Cicindela
Cylindera pygmaea pygmaea
Wiesner, 2008
5–22 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
Anatolia
= Cicindela singalensis (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Grammognatha euphratica armenica
(Chaudoir, 1852)
18–24 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
salinenocturnal
Almeria, Murcia, Sardegna, Rhodes, Crete
= Cicindela euphratica euphratica (Dejean, 1825) [basionym]
Grammognatha euphratica euphratica
(Dejean, 1825)
18–24 mm
Active October–March (peak Jan–Nov)
salinenocturnal
Almeria, Murcia, Sardegna, Rhodes, Crete
Pronotum distinctly large (etymological diagnostic).
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Archidela
Hypaetha copulata
(Bates, 1892)
12–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
Bushire, Sind
= Cicindela copulata copulata (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat
Resembles Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Hypaetha copulata copulata
(Bates, 1892)
12–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
Bushire, Sind
= Cicindela copulata emiratensis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat [inherited from species]
Resembles Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Hypaetha copulata emiratensis
(Bates, 1892)
12–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
Bushire, Sind
= Cicindela frenchi (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Archidela
Hypaetha schmidti
(Bates, 1892)
12–18 mm
Active March–July (peak Apr–Jun)
coastaldiurnal
= Cicindela singularis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat
Resembles Lophyra, Myriochila, Prothyma
Lophyra histrio
(Bates, 1878)
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 6.3
Punjab, Sind, Gujarat, Rajasthan
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Myriochila melancholica melancholica
(Fabricius, 1798)
9–15 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
Algarve
Resembles Calomera, Cephalota, Cicindela
Myriochila melancholica semicircumcincta
Werner, 1999
9–15 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
Algarve
Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Myriochila vicina vicina
(Bates, 1878)
9–15 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
= Cicindela atelesta (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Salpingophora bellana
(Bates, 1874)
10–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
riverinediurnal
Sind
= Cicindela hanseatica (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Salpingophora rueppelii
(Bates, 1874)
10–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
riverinediurnal
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa