Field Cards — Somalia
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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 alboguttata viridinitida
(Bates, 1874)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
= Cicindela angulata angulata (Fabricius, 1787) [basionym]
Resembles Calochroa, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
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 aulica cupraria
(Bates, 1874)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ Endemic★ 5.8
= Cicindela aulica cyanicolor (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
Calomera aulica cyanicolor
(Bates, 1874)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.3
Berbera, Carin
= Cicindela aulica polysita (Bates, 1874) [basionym]
Calomera fimbriata abyssinica
(Bates, 1878)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
= Cicindela fimbriata fimbriata (Klug, 1832) [basionym]
Resembles Hypaetha, Lophyra, Myriochila
Calomera fimbriata fimbriata
(Klug, 1832)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
= Cicindela fimbriata imperatrix (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Cephalota vonderdeckeni
(Bates, 1878)
10–15 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
salinediurnal
= Cicindela zarudniana (Tschitschérin, 1903) [basionym]
**Head distinctly large, wider than pronotum and proportionally larger than in most Cicindelina** — diagnos
Resembles Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Dromica abukari
Cassola, 1989
8–30 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
open sandydiurnal★ 5.8
Benadir
Distinguished from Euprosopus by aedeagal morphology and species-group charact
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Dromica somalica
Cassola, 2002
8–30 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
open sandydiurnal
Benadir
Distinguished from Euprosopus by aedeagal morphology and species-group charact
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Euryarthron revoili
(Bates, 1878)
10–18 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
open sandydiurnal
Horn, 1892 Body small to medium (7–12 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Habrodera nilotica nilotica
Werner, 1999
11–16 mm
Active March–July (peak Apr–Jun)
open sandydiurnal
KwaZulu-Natal
Resembles Myriochila, Salpingophora, Socotrana
Lophyra canaliculata
(Bates, 1878)
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.3
= Cicindela flavipennis (Klug, 1832) [basionym]
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra differens
(Bates, 1878)
9–16 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Venda, Grootfontein, East
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra infuscatula
Werner, 2000
9–16 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
= Cicindela luxerii (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra praetermissa
Werner, 2000
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Lophyra sumlini
Werner, 2000
9–16 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastaldiurnal★ 5.8
= Cicindela uncivittata (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Megacephala somalica cassolai
Werner, 2003
14–35 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
coastalnocturnal★ Endemic★ 6.3
= Cicindela somalica somalica (Bates, 1878) [basionym]
Resembles Phaeoxantha, Pseudotetracha, Tetracha
Megacephala somalica somalica
(Bates, 1878)
14–35 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
coastalnocturnal★ 6.3
Body 7.7-8.7 mm; Labrum 6-setose (diagnostic — distinguishes from Physodeutera).
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Myriochila sericeolongicornis
Werner, 1999
9–15 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
coastaldiurnal
Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Resembles Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Prothyma bottegoi
(Bates, 1892)
10–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coastaldiurnal
Distinguished from Cylindera, Cosmodela, other Oriental genera by aedeagal morphology and Prothymina subtribe characters (R
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa