Field Cards — Senegal
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Calomera aulica polysita
(Bates, 1874)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.3
= Cicindela aulica tschitscherini (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
Calomera aulica tschitscherini
(Bates, 1874)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
S Pelopones, Gujarat
Head densely covered with long setae on genae; Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Chaetodera regalis regalis
(Bates, 1892)
12–20 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
riverinediurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Chaetodera regalis veneranda
Moravec, 2007
12–20 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
riverinediurnal
= Cicindela vigintiguttata (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Body large to very large; Head including clypeus and genae entirely, whole pronotal surface and all thoracic sterna and ventrites densely setose.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Archidela
Cratohaerea chrysopyga
(Bates, 1878)
10–16 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
open sandydiurnal
= Cicindela bifasciatum (Klug, 1834) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Resembles Pogonostoma
Elliptica deyrollei deyrollei
(Bates, 1878)
10–18 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
forestdiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Elliptica deyrollei pseudomechowi
Werner, 2001
10–18 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
forestdiurnal
Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, strongly p
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Elliptica lugubris
(Bates, 1878)
10–18 mm
Active January–December (year-round)
forestdiurnal
Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, strongly p
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Euryarthron festivum
(Bates, 1878)
10–18 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
open sandydiurnal
= Cicindela gerstaeckeri (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Horn, 1892 Body small to medium (7–12 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Euzona albolineata
(Bates, 1892)
8–16 mm
Active October–March (peak Jan–Nov)
riverinediurnal
= Cicindela aurita (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Archidela
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
Habrodera leucoptera leucoptera
(Bates, 1878)
11–16 mm
Active March–July (peak Apr–Jun)
open sandydiurnal
Resembles Myriochila, Salpingophora, Socotrana
Habrodera nilotica nilotica
Werner, 1999
11–16 mm
Active March–July (peak Apr–Jun)
open sandydiurnal
KwaZulu-Natal
Resembles Myriochila, Salpingophora, Socotrana
Habrodera nitidula nitidula
(Bates, 1878)
11–16 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
open sandydiurnal
Resembles Calomera, Cephalota, Cicindela
Habrodera nitidula scheerpeltzi
Werner, 1999
11–16 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
open sandydiurnal
= Cicindela ovas (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra arnoldi
(Péringuey, 1888)
9–16 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
= Cicindela barbifrons barbifrons (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra capillata
(Bates, 1878)
9–16 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal★ 6.3
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra clathrata clathrata
Werner, 2000
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.3
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation; [inherited from species]
Resembles Hypaetha, Myriochila, Prothyma
Lophyra escheri
(Bates, 1878)
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
= Cicindela fasciculicornis (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra grossepunctata
(Bates, 1878)
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Hypaetha, Myriochila, Prothyma
Lophyra luxerii
(Bates, 1878)
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.3
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra neglecta intermediola
Werner, 2000
9–16 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra neglecta neglecta
Werner, 2000
9–16 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.3
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra neglecta subalba
Werner, 2000
9–16 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra neglecta sublitoralis
Werner, 2000
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
= Cicindela nudorestricta (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra senegalensis
(Dejean, 1826)
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
Yalinga
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Megacephala bocandei bocandei
(Bates, 1878)
14–35 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastalnocturnal★ 5.3
Megacephala bocandei clermonti
Werner, 2003
14–35 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastalnocturnal★ 5.8
Megacephala megacephala
(Fabricius, 1801)
14–35 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastalnocturnal★ 5.3
Ground color bright metallic (green, gold, blue).
Megacephala quadrisignata quadrisignata
(Bates, 1878)
14–35 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastalnocturnal★ 5.3
Megacephala quadrisignata rivaliera
Werner, 2003
14–35 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastalnocturnal★ 5.8
Myriochila congrua
(Bates, 1878)
9–15 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Myriochila dorsata
(Bates, 1878)
9–15 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal
= Cicindela dumolinii (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Myriochila dumolinii
(Bates, 1878)
9–15 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
= Cicindela fastidiosa (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Myriochila flavidens angusteampliata
Werner, 1999
9–15 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal
= Cicindela flavidens flavidens (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Myriochila flavidens flavidens
(Bates, 1878)
9–15 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal
Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Myriochila legalli
Werner, 1999
9–15 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal
Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Myriochila plurinotata
Werner, 1999
9–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
coastaldiurnal
= Cicindela semicincta (Dejean, 1831) [basionym]
Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Prothyma banksi
(Bates, 1892)
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
= Cicindela birmanica (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Distinguished from Cylindera, Cosmodela, other Oriental genera by aedeagal morphology and Prothymina subtribe characters (R
Resembles Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Prothyma concinna anosignata
W. Horn, 1934
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Prothyma concinna collarti
Cassola, 2002
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Prothyma concinna concinna
Dejean, 1831
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Prothyma concinna cursor
Guérin-Méneville, 1849
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Prothyma concinna duplicata
W. Horn, 1923
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Prothyma concinna erythrocnema
W. Horn, 1934
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Prothyma concinna flammea
Rivalier, 1964
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Prothyma concinna hiermeieri
Werner, 1993
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
= Cicindela confusa (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Distinguished from Cylindera, Cosmodela, other Oriental genera by aedeagal morphology and Prothymina subtribe characters (R
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Prothyma leprieurii leprieurii
Dejean, 1831
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Ropaloteres feisthamelii
(Bates, 1878)
10–18 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
open sandydiurnal
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Ropaloteres flavosignatus cupreoreductulus
Cassola & Werner, 2000
10–18 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
open sandydiurnal
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Ropaloteres flavosignatus flavoreductus
Cassola & Werner, 2000
10–18 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
open sandydiurnal
= Cicindela flavosignatus flavosignatus (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Ropaloteres flavosignatus flavosignatus
(Bates, 1878)
10–18 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
open sandydiurnal
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Ropaloteres nysa ethiopicus
Cassola & Werner, 2000
10–18 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
open sandydiurnal
= Cicindela nysa nysa (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Ropaloteres nysa nysa
(Bates, 1878)
10–18 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
open sandydiurnal
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Ropaloteres petitii
Cassola & Werner, 2000
10–18 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
open sandydiurnal
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Ropaloteres vittatus
(Bates, 1878)
10–18 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
open sandydiurnal
= Cicindela bellana (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Resembles Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera