Field Cards — Trinidad and Tobago
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Brasiella argentata
(Dejean, 1831)
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
= Cicindela argentata cyanosparsa (Dejean, 1831) [basionym]
Neotropical.
Resembles Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla, Cicindela
Brasiella insularis
(Bates, 1881)
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Neotropical.
Resembles Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla, Cicindela
Brasiella venustula
(Bates, 1881)
4–8 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
= Cicindela viridicollis (Bates, 1881) [basionym]
Neotropical.
Resembles Cicindelidia, Microthylax, Odontocheila
Cicindelidia trifasciata trifasciata
(Fabricius, 1781)
8–18 mm
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
riverinediurnal
California, North Carolina, Isla de la Juventud, Anguilla, Antigua, Ba
Nearctic + Neotropical.
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Ctenostoma trinidadense
Wiesner, 2007
8–20 mm
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
otherdiurnal
Diagnostic: comb-like (pectinate) maxillary palpi (Greek ktenos = comb, stoma = mouth) — unique to Ctenos
Resembles Hipparidium, Chaetotaxis, Lophyra
Odontocheila chrysis
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy,
= Cicindela ignita (Bates, 1869) [basionym]
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Cicindelidia, Microthylax
Odontocheila luridipes
(Bates, 1869)
8–15 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
riverinediurnal
Madre de Dios, Amazonas, Para
Toothed elytral margins (odontos + cheile = toothed margin).
Resembles Brasiella, Brzoskaicheila, Cenothyla
Opisthencentrus dentipennis
(Bates, 1892)
8–9 mm
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
forestdiurnal
= Cicindela angustecincta (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Horn, 1903 Monotypic.
Resembles Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Tetracha affinis
(Dejean, 1826)
11–30 mm
Active September–March (peak Oct–Dec)
open sandynocturnal
Amapa
= Cicindela angustata (Dejean, 1826) [basionym]
Nocturnal–crepuscular.