World Tiger Beetles · Field Guide Series
Tiger Beetles
of India
Cicindelidae · 275 species · 65 country endemics
Based on the Cicindelidae World Database v54
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Contents
How to use this guide3
Tiger beetles of India — overview4
Habitats and when to look5
Key to genera6
Species accounts (275 species, 23 genera)8
Neocollyris (58 spp.)—
Cylindera (43 spp.)—
Jansenia (37 spp.)—
Calomera (21 spp.)—
Lophyra (19 spp.)—
Calochroa (18 spp.)—
Cicindela (13 spp.)—
Therates (12 spp.)—
Myriochila (10 spp.)—
Cosmodela (7 spp.)—
Annotated checklist—
References—
Tiger Beetles of India
India holds 275 species of tiger beetle (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), representing approximately 7.4% of the world fauna. Of these, 65 species are country endemics — known from India alone. The fauna is dominated by Neocollyris (58 spp.), Cylindera (43 spp.) and Jansenia (37 spp.).
Habitat distribution
Sandy coastal beaches, dunes and tidal flats (139), Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy (84), Exposed sandy and gravel banks of rivers and streams (38), open-ground (6), rice fields; grassy areas; river banks (sandy+muddy wet); attracted to light; pagoda walls (Myanmar) (3), rice fields; grassy .
Of the 275 species, 5 are nocturnal or crepuscular; the remainder are diurnal hunters of open, sun-exposed ground.
Key to genera occurring in India
Simplified identification key based on adult external characters. For full dichotomous key see the Genera and Subgenera of Tiger Beetles monograph.
| # | Diagnostic character | Genus / couplet |
| 1 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Neocollyris* (Heterocollyris) Naviaux, 1994… |
→ Neocollyris (p. 13) |
| 2 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Cylindera* (Eugrapha) Rivalier, 1950… |
→ Cylindera (p. 16) |
| 3 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body 8–16 mm, depressed/flattened (L:W ratio 2–3); coloration dark, matte, non-me… |
→ Jansenia (p. 19) |
| 4 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Calomera* Motschulsky, 1862… |
→ Calomera (p. 22) |
| 5 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Lophyra* (Spilodella) Matalin & Cherkasov, 2004… |
→ Lophyra (p. 25) |
| 6 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body 9–18 mm, robust-cursorial, elongate-oval… |
→ Calochroa (p. 28) |
| 7 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Cicindela* (Austrocicindela) Rivalier, 1963… |
→ Cicindela (p. 31) |
| 8 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Therates* Latreille, 1816… |
→ Therates (p. 34) |
| 9 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Myriochila* Motschulsky, 1857… |
→ Myriochila (p. 37) |
| 10 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961
Body medium, 14–22 mm; habitus robust-cursorial, somewhat broader than typical C… |
→ Cosmodela (p. 40) |
| 11 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Callytron* Gistl, 1848
Body 10–18 mm, depressed-elongate, metallic… |
→ Callytron (p. 43) |
| 12 |
DIAGNOSIS — *Protocollyris* Mandl, 1975… |
→ Protocollyris (p. 46) |
Species Accounts
Species are arranged by genus, genera by species count. ★ = country endemic. Database links connect to full data at world-tiger-beetles.com.
*Neocollyris* (Heterocollyris) Naviaux, 1994 is a subgenus of slender, metallic cicindelids haunting the bark and branches of Oriental forest trees. These elongate hunters, reaching 18 mm, conceal their larvae in bark burrows — a hallmark of arboreal Collyridini life. Around 23 species range across the Oriental region.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Neocollyris* (Heterocollyris) Naviaux, 1994. Body 10–18 mm, cylindrical, metallic; L:W >3.0; labrum transverse; arboreal bark-dweller; larvae in bark burrows. Separated from *Collyris*, *Protocollyris* by [VS].
Etymology: From Greek *néos* (new) + Collyris — "new Collyris" (modern revision separating from historical Collyris s.l.).
Type species: Collyris bonellii Guérin-Méneville, 1834 [by original designation (W. Horn 1901)]
Primary references (3 of 21):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Horn, W. (1901) — original genus
3. Naviaux, R. (multiple papers) — comprehensive Collyridina monographs
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan
Similar genera: Collyris, Protocollyris, Tricondyla
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Myanmar
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
China, Laos, Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Protocollyris, Tricondyla
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Protocollyris, Tricondyla
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Laos
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Thailand
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Indonesia, Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal
Similar genera: Collyris, Protocollyris, Tricondyla
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Malaysia, Thailand
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Myanmar
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Laos, Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Laos
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Indonesia, Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Thailand
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Protocollyris, Tricondyla
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Indonesia, Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Philippines
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Laos, Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
Distribution
Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Nepal, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Nepal, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901
Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.
Distribution
Laos
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Protocollyris
*Cylindera* (Eugrapha) Rivalier, 1950 encompasses roughly 30 species distributed across the Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Oriental realms. These slender, metallic beetles measure 7–14 mm and favour open, wet habitats with bare or sandy substrates. Nocturnal hunters, their larvae develop in vertical burrows excavated in sand.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Cylindera* (Eugrapha) Rivalier, 1950. Body 7–14 mm, elongate-cylindrical, metallic. Nocturnal; bare sandy substrates. Separated from *Cicindela* and *Callytron* by aedeagal morphology and reduced scape setae.
Etymology: From Greek/Latin *cylindrus* (cylinder) + Cicindel- stem — referring to cylindrical body form; coined by Westwood 1831.
Type species: Cicindela germanica Linnaeus, 1758 [by subsequent designation]
Primary references (3 of 27):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Westwood, J.O. (1831) — original genus
3. Pearson, D.L. et al. (2015) — Field Guide USA & Canada
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
India, Nepal, Pakistan
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Romania
Similar genera: Calomera, Cephalota, Cicindela
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Afghanistan, China, Iran, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
China, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Myanmar
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Philippines
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology. [inherited from species]
Distribution
United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology. [inherited from species]
Distribution
United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology. [inherited from species]
Distribution
United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Ukraine
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active May–August (peak Jun–Jul)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Russia
Similar genera: Calomera, Cephalota, Cicindela
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Thailand
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Laos
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Madagascar
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831
Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
*Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865 is a genus of roughly forty tiger beetle species inhabiting forest floors across South and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka east through Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan. These beetles favour bare sandy soils, clay-loam banks, and riverine substrates beneath closed canopy, emerging to hunt primarily after dark. Their bodies are depressed and darkly coloured, a form well suited to life close to the ground in dim forest understorey. *Jansenia* remains one of the most species-rich tiger beetle genera endemic to the Oriental region.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body 8–16 mm, depressed/flattened (L:W ratio 2–3); coloration dark, matte, non-metallic. Head wider than pronotum; eyes medium, not strongly protuberant. Labrum transverse. Pronotum subquadrate. Elytra fully developed (macropterous). Hindwings fully functional.…
Etymology: Named after Jansen (collector or person honoured).
Type species: Jansenia gracilis Chaudoir, 1865 [by monotypy]
Primary references (3 of 19):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Chaudoir, M. de (1865) — original genus description
3. Cassola, F. (multiple papers) — generic revisions
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India, Nepal
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–November (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Myanmar
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Myanmar
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India, Nepal
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
India, Nepal
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — *Jansenia* Chaudoir, 1865
Body small to medium (7–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Angola
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
*Calomera* Motschulsky, 1862 is a medium-to-large Old World tiger beetle genus of roughly 40 species, distributed across the Palearctic, Oriental, and Australasian regions. These nocturnal beetles favour open, dry habitats including coastal sandy shores, saltmarsh margins, and riverine sands. Their distinctive elytral maculation of whitish to ivory spots makes them among the more recognisable cicindelids of tidal and estuarine zones.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Calomera* Motschulsky, 1862. 8–18 mm; genae densely long-setose; sterna setose; elytra with whitish/ivory triangular, lunular, lateral, median, juxtasutural and apical maculae. Separated from *Lophyra*, *Myriochila* by coiled endophallic flagellum.
Etymology: From Greek *kalós* (beautiful) + *mérē*/*méros* (part/thigh) — "beautiful-thighed" or "of beautiful parts".
Type species: Cicindela littoralis Fabricius, 1787
Primary references (3 of 24):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Motschulsky, V. (1862) — original genus
3. Pearson, D.L. et al. (2020) — Field Guide India
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Distribution
Japan
Similar genera: Calochroa, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
Greece, Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India, Somalia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Chad, Cape Verde, Angola, Kenya
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Distribution
Djibouti, Somalia
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
India, Pakistan
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–July (peak May–Jun)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Syria
Similar genera: Cephalota, Cicindela, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Cephalota
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coppery brown + 4 elytral spots/side (incl. humeral); cf. assimilis: greenish + 3 spots/side
Distribution
Pakistan, Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, China
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
greenish coloration + 3 elytral spots/side (no humeral); cf. funerea: coppery + 4 spots
Distribution
India, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coppery brown + 4 elytral spots/side incl. humeral; distinguishes from assimilis (greenish, 3 spots/side)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
coppery brown + 4 elytral spots/side (incl. humeral); cf. assimilis: greenish + 3 spots/side [inherited from species]
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar
Similar genera: Calochroa, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Distribution
Malaysia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
India, Pakistan
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
Head densely covered with long setae on genae. Body medium to large with setose sterna.
Distribution
Russia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Afghanistan, China
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Cephalota
*Lophyra* (Spilodella) is a small Oriental subgenus of tiger beetles haunting open, wet sandy habitats under cover of darkness. These metallic, spot-patterned beetles measure 9–12 mm and are tied to bare sand, where larvae excavate vertical burrows. Their specialised nocturnal lifestyle sets them apart within the broader *Lophyra* lineage.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Lophyra* (Spilodella) Matalin & Cherkasov, 2004. Body 9–12 mm, cylindrical; metallic with pale spots; nocturnal; bare sandy substrate. Separated from *Calomera* and *Calochroa* by aedeagal morphology.
Etymology: From Greek *lóphos* (crest, mane) — referring to crest-like dorsal markings or setation.
Type species: Lophyra abbreviata (Klug, 1832)
Primary references (3 of 20):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Motschulsky, V. (1859) — original genus
3. Werner, K. (2000) — Tiger Beetles of Africa Vol. 2
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation. [inherited from species]
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Calomera, Cephalota, Cicindela
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation. [inherited from species]
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Angola, Malawi, South Africa, Mozambique
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation. [inherited from species]
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Cameroon
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Similar genera: Hypaetha, Myriochila, Prothyma
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Madagascar
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Lophyra Motschulsky, 1859
Body 10–17 mm, elongate Palearctic–Afrotropical–Oriental Cicindelini. Ground color typically metallic green or brown with white maculation.
Distribution
Madagascar
Similar genera: Cylindera, Hipparidium, Chaetotaxis
*Calochroa* Hope, 1838 is a large Oriental tiger beetle genus of roughly 35 species, recognised by their strikingly brilliant metallic coloration in blues, greens, coppers, and violets. Distributed across South Asia, continental Southeast Asia, and the Sundaland archipelago, these beetles favour open dry habitats and forest-edge clearings on bare soil. Unusually among cicindelines, *Calochroa* species are nocturnal and associated with arboreal bark surfaces, with larvae developing in bark burrows. The genus has been identified as polyphyletic, with lineages allied respectively to *Lophyra* and to *Sophiodela*.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body 9–18 mm, robust-cursorial, elongate-oval. Head wider than pronotum; eyes medium, protuberant. Pronotum subquadrate to slightly transverse. Elytra brilliantly metallic — deep blue, green, copper, violet, or gold — with pale maculate spots. Labrum transverse; m…
Etymology: From Greek *kalós* (beautiful) + *chróa/chroia* (colour, skin) — "beautiful colour", referring to brilliantly coloured dorsum.
Type species: Cicindela octogramma Chevrolat, 1845 [by subsequent designation (Hope 1838 context)]
Primary references (3 of 22):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Hope, F.W. (1838) — original genus description
3. Pearson, D.L., Wiesner, J., Uniyal, V.P., Acciavatti, R.E. & Anichtchenko, A. (2020) — Field Guide India — recent revisions
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body medium to medium-large (9–16 mm), robust-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body medium to medium-large (9–16 mm), robust-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–November (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body medium to medium-large (9–16 mm), robust-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Activity
diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light; rests on illuminated pagoda walls during day)
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
KEY vs sexpunctata: (1) genae GLABROUS (sexpunctata: white setose); (2) pronotum WHOLLY glabrous incl. margins (sexpunctata: margins setose); (3) 3 elytral spots in CURVED line, basal spot deflected toward margin (sexpunctata: straight line, 1st not deflected); (4) robust body vs slender sexpunctata. Habitat: rice fields/grassy/river banks vs sexpunctata brackish coastal.
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Activity
diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light)
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
genae glabrous; pronotum wholly glabrous incl. margins; 3 elytral spots curved (basal deflected to margin); robust (cf. slender sexpunctata)
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Activity
diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light)
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
genae glabrous; pronotum wholly glabrous incl. margins; 3 elytral spots curved (basal deflected to margin); robust (cf. slender sexpunctata)
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Activity
diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light)
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
genae glabrous; pronotum wholly glabrous incl. margins; 3 elytral spots curved (basal deflected to margin); robust (cf. slender sexpunctata)
Distribution
Myanmar
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body medium to medium-large (9–16 mm), robust-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body medium to medium-large (9–16 mm), robust-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body medium to medium-large (9–16 mm), robust-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
China, Thailand, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calomera, Cosmodela, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body medium to medium-large (9–16 mm), robust-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Cambodia, Thailand
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Activity
diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light)
Flight period
Active May–October (peak Jul–Aug)
KEY vs flavomaculata: (1) genae WHITE SETOSE (flavomaculata: glabrous); (2) pronotum margins SETOSE on bright parts (flavomaculata: whole pronotum wholly glabrous); (3) 3 elytral spots on STRAIGHT longitudinal line, 1st NOT deflected (flavomaculata: curved line, basal spot deflected to margin); (4) slender body vs robust flavomaculata. Habitat: BRACKISH coastal (vs flavomaculata: rice fields/grassy areas).
Distribution
Thailand
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body medium to medium-large (9–16 mm), robust-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
DIAGNOSIS — *Calochroa* Hope, 1838
Body medium to medium-large (9–16 mm), robust-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Similar genera: Myriochila, Salpingophora, Socotrana
Among Africa's most specialized tiger beetles, *Cicindela* (Austrocicindela) haunts the bark and wood of forest trees rather than open ground — a rare arboreal lifestyle in the family. Nocturnal hunters, their larvae develop in burrows within bark. This small subgenus of four species represents a striking ecological departure from typical cicindelid habits.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Cicindela* (Austrocicindela) Rivalier, 1963. Body ~14 mm, depressed; dark/matte; nocturnal; arboreal on bark/wood, AFR forest. Larvae in bark burrows. Sep. from *Cylindera*, *Ellipsoptera* by arboreal habit, flat body.
Etymology: From Latin *cicindela* (glow-worm, firefly) — used by Pliny the Elder for luminous insects; refers to the iridescent elytra (feminine).
Type species: Cicindela campestris Linnaeus, 1758 [by subsequent designation by Latreille, 1810]
Primary references (3 of 23):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Linnaeus, C. (1758) — original (type genus of family)
3. Pearson, D.L. et al. (2015) — Field Guide USA & Canada
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–July (peak May–Jun)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Similar genera: Calomera, Cephalota, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
Australia
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
China, Russia
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Cicindela Linnaeus, 1758
Type genus of Cicindelidae. Body 8–18 mm, elongate-cursorial; head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant; ground color metallic with white maculation bands.
Distribution
Vietnam
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
*Therates* Latreille, 1816 comprises around 130 species of diurnal tiger beetles inhabiting moist forests across South and Southeast Asia, from the Sundaland archipelago to the Philippines. These dark, flattened beetles hunt across low vegetation and forest-floor substrates near streams, with larvae developing in soil close to plant bases.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Therates* Latreille, 1816. Body 7–13 mm, elongate-depressed, dark/matte with pale maculation; labrum subquadrate; fully winged; semi-arboreal, wet-forest habitat. Distinguished by Theratina subtribe synapomorphies [Duran & Gough, 2020].
Etymology: From Greek *thēratḗs* (hunter, one who hunts) — referring to predatory habits of these arboreal cicindelids.
Type species: Therates labiatus Fabricius, 1801 (originally Cicindela) [by subsequent designation (Latreille 1817)]
Primary references (3 of 20):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Latreille, P.A. (1816) — original genus
3. Naviaux, R. (multiple papers) — Therates monographs
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
Laos
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
Laos, Vietnam
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
Indonesia, Malaysia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation. [inherited from species]
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
Malaysia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
Vietnam
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
Myanmar, Thailand
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
Philippines
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
Indonesia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Therates Latreille, 1816
Body 7–13 mm, elongate-compact forest habitus. Ground color dark with pale maculation.
Distribution
Malaysia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
*Myriochila* Motschulsky, 1857 is a genus of roughly 30 metallic tiger beetles ranging across the Afrotropical and Oriental regions. These nocturnal hunters patrol bare, moist soils and open wetland margins, their large eyes adapted for low-light pursuit. Larvae develop in vertical burrows excavated into open substrate.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Myriochila* Motschulsky, 1857. Body 8–14 mm, elongate, metallic; eyes large, prominent; labrum transverse; fully winged; nocturnal. Separated from *Lophyra* and *Calomera* by aedeagal morphology.
Etymology: From Greek *myríos* (countless) + *cheíla* — "many-lipped" or many-toothed labrum.
Type species: Cicindela melancholica Fabricius, 1798
Primary references (3 of 21):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Motschulsky, V. (1862) — original genus
3. Cassola, F. (multiple papers) — generic revisions
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Myriochila Motschulsky, 1862
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Old World Cicindelini, primarily Afrotropical and Oriental. Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal
Similar genera: Hypaetha, Lophyra, Prothyma
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Myriochila Motschulsky, 1862
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Old World Cicindelini, primarily Afrotropical and Oriental. Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Namibia, South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Myriochila Motschulsky, 1862
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Old World Cicindelini, primarily Afrotropical and Oriental. Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
South Africa
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Myriochila Motschulsky, 1862
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Old World Cicindelini, primarily Afrotropical and Oriental. Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Myriochila Motschulsky, 1862
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Old World Cicindelini, primarily Afrotropical and Oriental. Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology. [inherited from species]
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Myriochila Motschulsky, 1862
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Old World Cicindelini, primarily Afrotropical and Oriental. Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology. [inherited from species]
Distribution
Bangladesh, China, India, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Cosmodela
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
Distribution
Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
Distribution
Mauritius
Similar genera: Cylindera, Hipparidium, Chaetotaxis
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — Myriochila Motschulsky, 1862
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Old World Cicindelini, primarily Afrotropical and Oriental. Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Cameroon, Mali, Senegal
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Myriochila Motschulsky, 1862
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Old World Cicindelini, primarily Afrotropical and Oriental. Distinguished from Lophyra, Calomera, Habrodera by aedeagal morphology.
Distribution
Vietnam
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
*Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961 is a genus of medium-sized, brilliantly metallic tiger beetles found across the Indian subcontinent, mainland Southeast Asia, southern China, and the Sundaland archipelago. These nocturnal hunters patrol the clay-loam and sandy banks of streams and rivers, their robust bodies glinting under moonlight. With roughly fifteen species, *Cosmodela* represents one of the most visually striking elements of Oriental riparian beetle fauna.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961
Body medium, 14–22 mm; habitus robust-cursorial, somewhat broader than typical Cicindelina. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant. Pronotum subquadrate to slightly transverse, sides rounded. Elytra moderately elongate; ground color brilliantly meta…
Etymology: From Greek *kósmos* (ornament, world) + Cicindel- stem — "ornamented tiger beetle"; Rivalier 1961.
Type species: Cicindela aurulenta Fabricius, 1801 [by original designation (Rivalier 1961)]
Primary references (3 of 17):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Rivalier, E. (1961) — original generic concept
3. Pearson, D.L., Wiesner, J., Uniyal, V.P., Acciavatti, R.E. & Anichtchenko, A. (2020) — Field Guide India — definitive recent treatment
Flight period
Active January–December (year-round)
DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961
Body medium (10–18 mm), robust-cursorial habitus, somewhat broader than typical Cicindelina. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India, Myanmar, Thailand
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active January–December (year-round)
DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961
Body medium (10–18 mm), robust-cursorial habitus, somewhat broader than typical Cicindelina. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, China
Similar genera: Calochroa, Calomera, Jundlandia
Flight period
Active January–December (year-round)
DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961
Body medium (10–18 mm), robust-cursorial habitus, somewhat broader than typical Cicindelina. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active January–December (year-round)
Distribution
Myanmar, China
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active January–December (year-round)
DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961
Body medium (10–18 mm), robust-cursorial habitus, somewhat broader than typical Cicindelina. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active January–December (year-round)
DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961
Body medium (10–18 mm), robust-cursorial habitus, somewhat broader than typical Cicindelina. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Myanmar
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961
Body medium (10–18 mm), robust-cursorial habitus, somewhat broader than typical Cicindelina. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
DR Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
*Callytron* Gistl, 1848 is a medium-sized tiger beetle genus of roughly eleven species distributed across a remarkable combined range spanning the Palaearctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical regions. These metallic, depressed beetles favour open wet habitats, foraging nocturnally across bare soil and mudflats from Iran and Pakistan eastward through India, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia to China, Japan, and the Philippines. Larvae develop in characteristic vertical burrows excavated in open substrates. With their large, protuberant eyes and flattened bodies, *Callytron* species are well-adapted hunters of poorly vegetated, often brackish or riparian terrain.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Callytron* Gistl, 1848
Body 10–18 mm, depressed-elongate, metallic. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant. Pronotum subquadrate. Elytra elongate, parallel-sided; hind wings fully developed. Labrum transverse. Nocturnal; open wet habitats, bare soil; larvae in …
Etymology: From Greek *kallytron* (a broom, brush) — referring to setose mouth-parts or pronotum.
Type species: Cicindela monilicornis Hope, 1845 [by subsequent designation (Gistel 1848)]
Primary references (3 of 19):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Gistel, J.N.F.X. (1848) — original genus description
3. Pearson, D.L., Wiesner, J., Uniyal, V.P., Acciavatti, R.E. & Anichtchenko, A. (2020) — Field Guide India
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Callytron* Gistel, 1848
Body small to medium (8–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — open-substrate adaptation.
Distribution
Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Callytron* Gistel, 1848
Body small to medium (8–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — open-substrate adaptation.
Distribution
China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Callytron* Gistel, 1848
Body small to medium (8–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — open-substrate adaptation.
Distribution
Pakistan, India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Callytron* Gistel, 1848
Body small to medium (8–13 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — open-substrate adaptation.
Distribution
United Arab Emirates, Iran, Pakistan
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Hidden on the bark of forest trees across tropical Asia, *Protocollyris* is the smallest-bodied genus in the tribe Collyridini, with adults measuring just 5–9 mm yet retaining the group's signature needle-like, highly elongate form. These metallic, fully winged beetles are nocturnal, spending their lives on bark and branches of Oriental forest trees, where their larvae bore tunnels beneath the surface. With roughly 22 species distributed across South and Southeast Asia — from India and Sri Lanka east through the Philippines and Sundaland — *Protocollyris* represents one of the most range-diverse arboreal genera in the family. Its remarkably short, transverse labrum immediately sets it apart from all other Collyridini.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Protocollyris* Mandl, 1975. Body 5–9 mm; smallest-bodied genus in Collyridini. Habitus strongly cylindrical, L:W ratio >3.0. Coloration metallic. Labrum transverse, very short (LL/LW < 0.7) — primary diagnostic character of genus [Acal & Wiesner, 2021]. Eyes medium. Pronotum elongate-cy…
Etymology: From Greek *prōtós* (first) + Collyris — "first/primitive Collyris".
Type species: Protocollyris javanica Mandl, 1975 [by original designation]
Primary references (3 of 12):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Mandl, K. (1975) — original genus description
3. Naviaux, R. (multiple papers) — Collyridini revisions
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Protocollyris* Mandl, 1975 Body medium (8–14 mm), strongly elongate ant-mimicking habitus. Head elongate, distinctly longer than wide; eyewith large but somewhat laterally directed.
Distribution
Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Neocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Protocollyris* Mandl, 1975 Body medium (8–14 mm), strongly elongate ant-mimicking habitus. Head elongate, distinctly longer than wide; eyewith large but somewhat laterally directed.
Distribution
China, Laos, Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Neocollyris, Tricondyla
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Protocollyris* Mandl, 1975 Body medium (8–14 mm), strongly elongate ant-mimicking habitus. Head elongate, distinctly longer than wide; eyewith large but somewhat laterally directed.
Distribution
Philippines
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Neocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Protocollyris* Mandl, 1975 Body medium (8–14 mm), strongly elongate ant-mimicking habitus. Head elongate, distinctly longer than wide; eyewith large but somewhat laterally directed.
Distribution
Philippines
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Neocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — *Protocollyris* Mandl, 1975 Body medium (8–14 mm), strongly elongate ant-mimicking habitus. Head elongate, distinctly longer than wide; eyewith large but somewhat laterally directed.
Distribution
Philippines
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Neocollyris
*Heptodonta* Hope, 1838 is a medium-sized tiger beetle genus of South and Southeast Asia, instantly recognizable by its brilliantly metallic elytra flashing deep blue, green, copper, or violet in open sunlight. With 15 species distributed across India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, *Heptodonta* is among the most visually striking cicindelid genera of the Oriental region. Adults are diurnal hunters of bare sandy, clay-loam, and riverine substrates in open wet habitats.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Heptodonta* Hope, 1838 Body medium, 9–14 mm; elongate-cylindrical. Head wider than pronotum; eyes medium, protuberant. Pronotum subquadrate. Elytra elongate; ground color brilliantly metallic — deep blue, green, copper, or violet — distinctly more colorful than most sympatric cicindelid…
Etymology: From Greek *heptá* (seven) + *odoús/odóntos* (tooth) — referring to seven-toothed mandibles or labrum.
Type species: Cicindela ferrugata Fabricius, 1801 [by original designation (Hope 1838)]
Primary references (3 of 18):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Hope, F.W. (1838) — original genus description
3. Pearson, D.L., Wiesner, J., Uniyal, V.P., Acciavatti, R.E. & Anichtchenko, A. (2020) — Field Guide India
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Heptodonta* Hope, 1838 Body medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Distribution
Myanmar
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Heptodonta* Hope, 1838 Body medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Heptodonta* Hope, 1838 Body medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Heptodonta* Hope, 1838 Body medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Distribution
China
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
*Hypaetha* LeConte, 1860 is a medium-sized tiger beetle genus of roughly eleven species inhabiting open sandy shores across the Old World, from the Red Sea and East African coast through South and Southeast Asia. These nocturnal hunters are built for life on bare sand, with a cylindrical, darkly pigmented body measuring 12–18 mm. Larvae develop in vertical burrows excavated into sandy substrate — a hallmark of the genus. *Hypaetha* represents one of the few tiger beetle lineages specialized for coastal and halophytic open-ground environments.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Hypaetha* LeConte, 1860. Body 12–18 mm, cylindrical, elongate; L:W ratio 2–3. Coloration dark, matte. Eyes medium. Labrum transverse. Wings fully developed. Nocturnal activity. Habitat: open wet ground, bare or sandy substrate; larvae in vertical sand burrows. Distribution: Palaearctic,…
Etymology: From Greek *hypaíthrios* (under the open sky, exposed) — referring to habitat preference for open ground.
Type species: Cicindela quadrilineata Fabricius, 1798 [by original designation (LaFerté-Sénectère 1851)]
Primary references (3 of 22):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. LaFerté-Sénectère, T.F. de (1851) — original genus description (full citation TBD)
3. Pearson, D.L., Wiesner, J., Uniyal, V.P., Acciavatti, R.E. & Anichtchenko, A. (2020) — Field Guide India — Oriental coverage
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Hypaetha* LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851
Body small to medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Hypaetha* LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851
Body small to medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat [inherited from species]
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Hypaetha* LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851
Body small to medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat
Distribution
Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Similar genera: Apterodela, Calochroa, Calomera
Flight period
Active March–June (peak Apr–May)
DIAGNOSIS — *Hypaetha* LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851
Body small to medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat
Distribution
Iran, Saudi Arabia
Similar genera: Calomera, Cephalota, Cicindela
*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 dead trunks after dark, while their larvae develop hidden within bark burrows. With roughly 15 species following recent synonymisation, they rank among the most distinctive arboreal Collyridini of South and Southeast Asia.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Tricondyla* (Stenotricondyla) Naviaux, 2002. Body 10–18 mm, strongly cylindrical; dark, matte. Arboreal, nocturnal. Larvae in bark burrows. Separation from *Collyris* and *Derocrania*: [VS — characters needed].
Etymology: From Greek *tri-* (three) + *kóndylos* (knuckle, joint) — referring to characteristic body proportions or articulations.
Type species: Cicindela aptera Olivier, 1790 [by subsequent designation (Latreille 1822, fixed by Naviaux 2002)]
Primary references (3 of 17):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Latreille, P.A. (1822) — original genus
3. Naviaux, R. (multiple papers) — Tricondylina monographs
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Tricondyla Latreille, 1822
Body 14–20 mm, elongate Collyridini with strongly cylindrical pronotum and ant-mimicking habitus. Distinguished from Neocollyris by larger body size (14–20 vs 8–
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Neocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Tricondyla Latreille, 1822
Body 14–20 mm, elongate Collyridini with strongly cylindrical pronotum and ant-mimicking habitus. Distinguished from Neocollyris by larger body size (14–20 vs 8–
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Neocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Tricondyla Latreille, 1822
Body 14–20 mm, elongate Collyridini with strongly cylindrical pronotum and ant-mimicking habitus. Distinguished from Neocollyris by larger body size (14–20 vs 8–
Distribution
Vietnam
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Neocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — Tricondyla Latreille, 1822
Body 14–20 mm, elongate Collyridini with strongly cylindrical pronotum and ant-mimicking habitus. Distinguished from Neocollyris by larger body size (14–20 vs 8–
Distribution
Indonesia, Malaysia
Similar genera: Collyris, Derocrania, Neocollyris
*Collyris* Fabricius, 1801 is a slender, metallic tiger beetle of South and Southeast Asian forests, instantly recognisable by its strikingly elongate, cylindrical body — an adaptation to life on the bark of trees rather than the ground. Adults patrol rain-dampened trunks and branches in diurnal forays, while larvae develop hidden within burrows excavated in bark. The genus ranges from India and Sri Lanka through Indochina and the Malay Peninsula into the Sundaland archipelago and the Philippines, encompassing roughly ten described species.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Collyris* Fabricius, 1801
Body 12–25 mm, strongly cylindrical, L:W ratio >3.0; metallic. Head elongate, longer than wide; eyes medium, somewhat laterally oriented. Labrum short, transverse (D01=0). Prothorax elongate, strongly constricted at base, neck-like — diagnostic within Collyrid…
Etymology: From Greek *kollyris* (a kind of pastry or cake) — coined name by Fabricius 1801.
Type species: Cicindela longicollis Fabricius, 1798 [by subsequent designation]
Primary references (3 of 19):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Fabricius, J.C. (1801) — original genus description
3. Naviaux, R. (multiple papers) — Collyridini revisions
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Collyris* Fabricius, 1801
Body medium (9–15 mm), strongly elongate ant-mimicking habitus. Head elongate, distinctly longer than wide; eyes large but oriented somewhat laterally.
Distribution
Indonesia, Malaysia
Similar genera: Derocrania, Neocollyris, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — *Collyris* Fabricius, 1801
Body medium (9–15 mm), strongly elongate ant-mimicking habitus. Head elongate, distinctly longer than wide; eyes large but oriented somewhat laterally.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Derocrania, Neocollyris, Protocollyris
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Collyris* Fabricius, 1801
Body medium (9–15 mm), strongly elongate ant-mimicking habitus. Head elongate, distinctly longer than wide; eyes large but oriented somewhat laterally.
Distribution
China, Laos, Thailand
Similar genera: Neocollyris, Protocollyris, Tricondyla
On sun-baked laterite and dry clay pans of Southeast Asia and New Guinea, *Prothyma* (Pseudodistypsidera) hunts with the zeal its name implies. These metallic, fully winged beetles reach 10–16 mm and are active by day across compacted substrates in the Oriental and Australasian tropics.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Prothyma* (Pseudodistypsidera) W. Horn, 1934. Body 10–16 mm, metallic, cylindrical; fully winged; diurnal; compacted laterite/clay pan specialist. ORI+AUS distribution. Subtribe Prothymina.
Etymology: From Greek *próthyma* (eagerness) or *prothyme* (zeal) — coined name.
Type species: Cicindela quadriguttata Westwood, 1834 [by subsequent designation (Hope 1838)]
Primary references (3 of 18):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Hope, F.W. (1838) — original genus
3. Pearson, D.L. et al. (2020) — Field Guide India
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
DIAGNOSIS — Prothyma Hope, 1838
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Oriental Cicindelini. Distinguished from Cylindera, Cosmodela, other Oriental genera by aedeagal morphology and Prothymina subtribe characters (R
Distribution
Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
DIAGNOSIS — Prothyma Hope, 1838
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Oriental Cicindelini. Distinguished from Cylindera, Cosmodela, other Oriental genera by aedeagal morphology and Prothymina subtribe characters (R
Distribution
Angola
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
Flight period
Active April–September (peak May–Jul)
DIAGNOSIS — Prothyma Hope, 1838
Body 8–14 mm, elongate Oriental Cicindelini. Distinguished from Cylindera, Cosmodela, other Oriental genera by aedeagal morphology and Prothymina subtribe characters (R
Distribution
Tanzania
Similar genera: Ambalia, Bennigsenium, Calyptoglossa
*Glomera* Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989 is one of the smallest tiger beetle genera in the Oriental region, with adults measuring just 4–6.5 mm. These metallic, fully winged beetles inhabit open wet environments, foraging actively by day on bare sandy, clay-loam, and riverine substrates. The genus comprises approximately two species restricted to the Oriental zoogeographic region.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Glomera* Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989
Body small, 4–6.5 mm; cylindrical, L:W ratio 2–3. Color metallic. Eyes medium. Labrum transverse. Legs pale, non-metallic (K01=0; diagnostic within Oriental Cicindelina). Elytra without pale maculation (H04=0, H05=0). Fully winged. Diurnal. Substrate…
Etymology: From Latin *glomus* (ball, sphere) — referring to globose/rounded body parts.
Type species: Glomera lacca Motschulsky, 1862 [by monotypy]
Primary references (3 of 14):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Motschulsky, V. (1862) — original genus description
3. Werner, K. (2000) — Tiger Beetles of Africa, Vol. 2
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Glomera* Motschulsky, 1862
Body small (7–11 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — *Glomera* Motschulsky, 1862
Body small (7–11 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Algeria, Egypt, Spain, Greece, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
*Plutacia* Rivalier, 1961 is a small Oriental genus of just two tiger beetle species, recognised by their notably reduced eyes — an unusual trait among the predominantly large-eyed Cicindelina. These metallic beetles inhabit forest floors, favouring bare sandy soil, clay-loam, and riverine substrates. Their nocturnal activity sets them apart from the majority of diurnal tiger beetles.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Plutacia* Rivalier, 1961. Body small, c. 12 mm; oval; metallic with spots. Eyes small, reduced (contrasting with protuberant eyes typical of Cicindelina). Labrum transverse. Fully winged. Nocturnal. Habitat: forest floor; bare sandy soil, clay-loam, or riverine substrate. No confusion g…
Etymology: Etymology obscure; possibly mythological reference (cf. Plutus, god of wealth).
Type species: Plutacia parvula Bates, 1881 [by monotypy]
Primary references (3 of 14):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Bates, H.W. (1881) — original genus description
3. Moravec, J. (2020) — Cicindelini Vol. 2
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Plutacia* Bates, 1881
Body small (7–10 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
India
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Plutacia* Bates, 1881
Body small (7–10 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.
Distribution
Australia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Archidela
Hidden against the bark of Himalayan forest trees, *Rhytidophaena* is a small, metallic tiger beetle genus whose wrinkled elytra give it both its name and its camouflage. Numbering around seven species, these nocturnal beetles spend their lives on tree trunks across the Oriental region, with larvae developing within bark burrows. Their arboreal habits set them apart from the ground-dwelling majority of tiger beetles.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Rhytidophaena* Bates, 1891. Body small, 10–18 mm, elongate, cylindrical (L:W ratio 2–3). Coloration metallic (blue, green, red, or violet). Elytra with characteristic wrinkled microsculpture. Labrum subquadrate. Eyes medium. Pronotum approximately as wide as head. Fully winged. Nocturna…
Etymology: From Greek *rhytís* (wrinkle) + *phainō* (to appear/shine) — "wrinkled and shining".
Type species: Cicindela bistrigata Bates, 1872 [by subsequent designation]
Primary references (3 of 15):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Horn, W. (1922) — original genus description
3. Moravec, J. (2020) — Cicindelini Vol. 2
Habitat
Tree trunks, branches and forest canopy
Flight period
Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)
DIAGNOSIS — *Rhytidophaena* W. Horn, 1922 Body small (6–10 mm), elongate-compact habitus.
Distribution
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Apteroessa
Flight period
Active October–March (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — *Rhytidophaena* W. Horn, 1922 Body small (6–10 mm), elongate-compact habitus.
Distribution
Australia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Archidela
Hidden in the forests of southern India, *Apteroessa* is one of the rarest curiosities among tiger beetles — a fully wingless genus, unable to fly, stalking its prey on foot through the night. With fused elytra and a single known species, it stands apart from nearly all its relatives. Tamil Nadu holds the only known populations of this remarkable, ground-bound hunter.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Apteroessa* Hope, 1838
Monotypic. Body 35–40 mm, oval, dark, matte. Hind wings absent; elytra fused — diagnostic apterism within Cicindelini. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant. Labrum transverse. Nocturnal; forest habitats on bare sandy, clay-loam, or riverine substrates…
Etymology: From Greek *a-* (without) + *pteró-* (wing) + *essa* (feminine ending) — "without wings", referring to apterous habitus.
Type species: Cicindela grossa Fabricius, 1781 [by monotypy (Hope 1838)]
Primary references (3 of 11):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Hope, F.W. (1838) — original genus description
3. Pearson, D.L. et al. (2020) — Field Guide India
Flight period
Active October–March (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — *Apteroessa* Hope, 1838
Monotypic. Body medium, elongate-cursorial habitus.
Distribution
Australia
Similar genera: Abroscelis, Antennaria, Caledonica
*Salpingophora* Rivalier, 1950 is a small nocturnal tiger beetle genus of five species inhabiting forest floors and clay riverbanks across the Oriental and Palaearctic transition zone, from India and Pakistan to Iran. Beetles are slender and metallic, measuring 10–16 mm, and favor bare sandy, clay-loam, or riverine substrates. This compact genus represents one of the few Cicindelina lineages bridging the Oriental and Palaearctic realms.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Salpingophora* Rivalier, 1950. Body small, 10–16 mm, cylindrical; L:W ratio 2–3. Integument metallic. Eyes medium. Labrum subquadrate. Wings fully developed. Nocturnal; forest-associated, on bare sandy, clay-loam, or riverine substrates. No confusion genera recorded for this genus.
Etymology: From Greek *sálpinx/sálpingos* (trumpet) + *phorós* (bearing) — "trumpet-bearing" (mouth-parts).
Type species: Megacephala cingulata Hewitson, 1858 [by monotypy (Hewitson 1862 context)]
Primary references (3 of 22):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist authority
2. Hewitson, W.C. (1862) — original genus description
3. Werner, K. (2000) — Tiger Beetles of Africa, Vol. 2
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — *Salpingophora* Hewitson, 1862 Body small to medium (8–12 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Distribution
Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen
Similar genera: Myriochila, Socotrana
*Setinteridenta* is a monotypic Oriental genus of tiger beetle found on bare sandy, clay-loam, and riverine substrates in northern India. Its single species, *Cicindela cardoni* Fleutiaux, 1894, is distinguished by a uniquely denticulate labrum bearing bristles between the teeth. Nocturnal in habit, this small elongate beetle occupies open wet habitats in Himalayan foothill regions.
Genus diagnosis: DIAGNOSIS — *Setinteridenta* Acciavatti, 1987. Monotypic; body 9–14 mm, cylindrical (L:W 2–3), metallic. Head wider than pronotum; labrum elongate, strongly denticulate with conspicuous setae between teeth (key autapomorphy). Fully winged; nocturnal. Substrate: bare sandy, clay-loam, or riverine. Tr…
Etymology: From Latin *seta* (bristle) + *interdens* (between-teeth) — "with bristles between teeth" (referring to mandibular characters).
Type species: Cicindela cardoni Fleutiaux, 1894 [by monotypy (Naviaux 1991)]
Primary references (3 of 9):
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist
2. Naviaux, R. (1991) — original genus description
3. Pearson, D.L. et al. (2020) — Field Guide India
Flight period
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
DIAGNOSIS — *Setinteridenta* Naviaux, 1991 Monotypic. Body small to medium, elongate-cursorial habitus.
Distribution
Yemen
Similar genera: Myriochila, Salpingophora
Annotated Checklist
★ = country endemic · Habitat codes: CO=coastal, RI=riverine, AR=arboreal, FO=forest, SA=saline · Months: active period
Apteroessa grossa
OP | VI-X
Callytron andersoni
CO | IV-IX
★ Callytron gyllenhalii gyllenhalii
CO | IV-IX
Callytron gyllenhalii immarginatum
CO | IV-IX
Callytron limosum
CO | IV-IX
Callytron malabaricum
CO | IV-IX
Calochroa assamensis
CO | VI-X
Calochroa bicolor atavus
CO | VI-X
Calochroa bicolor bicolor
CO | VI-X
Calochroa bicolor haemorrhoidalis
CO | VI-X
Calochroa bicolor xanthospilota
CO | VI-X
Calochroa fabriciana
CO | VI-X
Calochroa flavomaculata flavomaculata
RI | V–XI
Calochroa flavomaculata lorenzi
RI | VI-X
Calochroa flavomaculata sexsignata
RI | VI-X
Calochroa flavomaculata sumbawae
RI | VI-X
Calochroa hamiltoniana
CO | VI-X
Calochroa octogramma labionigra
CO | VI-X
Calochroa octogramma octogramma
CO | VI-X
Calochroa octonotata
CO | VI-X
Calochroa safraneki
CO | VI-X
Calochroa sexpunctata
BR | V–VI
★ Calochroa tritoma
CO | VI-X
Calochroa whithillii
CO | VI-X
Calomera angulata angulata
CO | IV-IX
Calomera asperula
CO | IV-IX
Calomera aulica aulica
CO | IV-IX
Calomera aulica tschitscherini
CO | IV-IX
Calomera aulicoides
CO | IV-IX
Calomera cardoni
CO | IV-IX
Calomera chloris
CO | IV-IX
★ Calomera crespignyi
CO | IV-IX
Calomera cristipennis
CO | IV-IX
Calomera despectata
CO | IV-IX
Calomera fowleri
CO | IV-IX
Calomera funerea
RI | IV-IX
Calomera funerea assimilis
RI | IV-IX
★ Calomera funerea funerea
RI | IV-IX
★ Calomera funerea genetica
CO | IV-IX
Calomera funerea multinotata
CO | IV-IX
★ Calomera plumigera macrograptina
CO | IV-IX
Calomera plumigera plumigera
CO | IV-IX
Calomera quadripunctulata
CO | IV-IX
★ Calomera sanguineomaculata sanguineomaculata
CO | IV-IX
Calomera sanguineomaculata savoensis
CO | IV-IX
★ Cicindela andrewesi andrewesi
CO | VI-X
Cicindela andrewesi zingaroana
CO | VI-X
Cicindela aurofasciata
CO | VI-X
Cicindela calligramma
CO | VI-X
★ Cicindela cyanea
CO | VI-X
★ Cicindela goryi
CO | VI-X
Cicindela granulata stoliczkana
CO | VI-X
Cicindela guttata
CO | VI-X
★ Cicindela princeps ducalis
CO | VI-X
★ Cicindela princeps pochoni
CO | VI-X
★ Cicindela princeps princeps
CO | VI-X
Cicindela resplendens
CO | VI-X
Cicindela shivah
CO | VI-X
Collyris brevipennis
AR | X-IV
★ Collyris dohrnii indica
AR | X-IV
Collyris dormeri
AR | X-IV
Cosmodela didyma
CO | I-XII
Cosmodela diehli
CO | I-XII
Cosmodela duponti
CO | I-XII
Cosmodela fleutiauxi fleutiauxi
CO | I-XII
Cosmodela intermedia intermedia
CO | I-XII
Cosmodela juxtata
CO | I-XII
Cosmodela virgula
CO | I-XII
★ Cylindera agnata
CO | VI-X
Cylindera albopunctata
CO | VI-X
Cylindera ancistridia
CO | VI-X
Cylindera belli
CO | VI-X
Cylindera bigemina
CO | VI-X
Cylindera brevis
CO | VI-X
Cylindera cognata
CO | VI-X
★ Cylindera cyclobregma
CO | VI-X
Cylindera dartista
CO | VI-X
Cylindera decempunctata
CO | VI-X
★ Cylindera discreta nicobarica
CO | VI-X
Cylindera discreta rectefasciata
CO | VI-X
Cylindera dromicoides
CO | VI-X
Cylindera erudita
CO | VI-X
Cylindera foveolata
CO | VI-X
Cylindera germanica
CO | X-IV
Cylindera germanica germanica
CO | X-IV
Cylindera germanica michaelensis
CO | X-IV
Cylindera germanica muelleri
CO | X-IV
Cylindera germanica sobrina
CO | X-IV
Cylindera grammophora
CO | VI-X
Cylindera humerula
CO | VI-X
Cylindera lacunosa
CO | VI-X
Cylindera limitisca
CO | VI-X
Cylindera melitops
CO | VI-X
Cylindera mesoepisternalis
CO | VI-X
Cylindera minuta
CO | VI-X
Cylindera nietneri
CO | VI-X
Cylindera paradoxa
CO | VI-X
Cylindera paucipilina
CO | VI-X
Cylindera procera
CO | VI-X
Cylindera seriepunctata
CO | VI-X
Cylindera sikhimensis
CO | VI-X
Cylindera singalensis
CO | VI-X
Cylindera spinolae koratensis
CO | VI-X
Cylindera spinolae spinolae
CO | VI-X
Cylindera sublacerata balucha
CO | VI-X
Cylindera thitarooae
CO | VI-X
★ Cylindera umbropolita lucidinigrosa
CO | VI-X
Cylindera umbropolita umbropolita
CO | VI-X
Cylindera venosa
CO | VI-X
Cylindera viduata
CO | VI-X
Cylindera waterhousei
CO | VI-X
★ Glomera belloides
OP | VI-X
Glomera ochrocnemis
OP | VI-X
Heptodonta analis
CO | VI-X
★ Heptodonta pulchella
CO | VI-X
★ Heptodonta schuelei
CO | VI-X
Heptodonta tempesta
CO | VI-X
Hypaetha biramosa
CO | IV-IX
Hypaetha biramosa biramosa
CO | IV-IX
Hypaetha biramosa contracta
CO | IV-IX
Hypaetha quadrilineata
CO | IV-IX
★ Jansenia applanata
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia azureocincta
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia bangalorensis
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia biundata
RI | VI-X
Jansenia chlorida
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia chloropleura chloropleura
RI | VI-X
Jansenia chloropleura coeruleolabris
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia choriodista
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia cirrhidia
RI | VI-X
Jansenia corrugatosa
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia crassipalpis
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia cratera
RI | VI-X
Jansenia dasiodes
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia fusissima
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia grossula
RI | VI-X
Jansenia indica
RI | VI-X
Jansenia legnotia
RI | VI-X
Jansenia motschulskyana
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia nathanorum
RI | VI-X
Jansenia ostrina
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia plagatima
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia prothymoides
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia psarodea
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia pseudodromica
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia reticulella
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia rostrulla
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia rugosiceps
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia sandurica
RI | VI-X
Jansenia semisetigerosa
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia stuprata
RI | VI-X
Jansenia tetragrammica
RI | VI-X
Jansenia tetrastacta delhiensis
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia tetrastacta tetrastacta
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia venus
RI | VI-X
Jansenia vestiplicatica
RI | VI-X
★ Jansenia viridicincta
RI | VI-X
Jansenia westermanni
RI | VI-X
Lophyra cancellata
CO | VI-X
Lophyra cancellata cancellata
CO | VI-X
★ Lophyra cancellata intemperata
CO | VI-X
Lophyra cancellata subtilesculpta
CO | VI-X
Lophyra catena
CO | VI-X
Lophyra catena catena
CO | VI-X
★ Lophyra catena insularis
CO | VI-X
Lophyra cerina
CO | VI-X
Lophyra gemina
CO | VI-X
Lophyra histrio
CO | VI-X
Lophyra lefroyi
CO | VI-X
Lophyra lineifrons
CO | VI-X
★ Lophyra multiguttata
CO | VI-X
Lophyra obtusidentata
CO | VI-X
Lophyra parvimaculata
CO | VI-X
Lophyra striatifrons
CO | VI-X
Lophyra striolata striolata
CO | VI-X
Lophyra striolata wetterensis
CO | VI-X
Lophyra vittigera
CO | VI-X
Myriochila atelesta
CO | IV-IX
Myriochila distinguenda
CO | IV-IX
Myriochila dubia
CO | IV-IX
Myriochila fastidiosa
CO | IV-IX
Myriochila fastidiosa fastidiosa
CO | IV-IX
Myriochila fastidiosa leucoloma
CO | IV-IX
Myriochila fastidiosa litigiosa
CO | IV-IX
Myriochila perplexa perplexa
CO | IV-IX
Myriochila plebeia
CO | IV-IX
Myriochila undulata
CO | IV-IX
Neocollyris acuteapicalis
AR | X-IV
★ Neocollyris ampullicollis
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris andrewesi andrewesi
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris andrewesi regia
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris annulicornis
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris anthracina
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris apteroides
AR | X-IV
Neocollyris assamensis
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris attenuata
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris batesi
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris brancuccii
AR | X-IV
Neocollyris brendelli
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris coapteroides
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris compressicollis
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris conspicua
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris crassicornis andamana
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris crassicornis crassicornis
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris cruentata
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris cyaneipalpis
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris distincta
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris egregia
AR | X-IV
★ Neocollyris flava
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris foveifrons
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris fowleri
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris fuscitarsis
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris hiekei
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris ingridae
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris insignis
AR | X-IV
Neocollyris juengeri
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris kollari
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris macilenta
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris maindroni
AR | X-IV
★ Neocollyris metallica
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris multipilosa
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris nepalensis
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris nilgirica
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris orichalcina orichalcina
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris pacholatkoi
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris parvula
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris pearsoni
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris plicicollis
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris quadrisulcata
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris redtenbacheri
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris roeschkei
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris rubens
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris rufipalpis
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris rugata
AR | VI-X
★ Neocollyris saphyrina
AR | X-IV
Neocollyris schaumi
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris shyamrupi
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris similis
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris smithii
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris subclavata continentalis
AR | X-IV
Neocollyris subclavata subclavata
AR | X-IV
Neocollyris vannideki
AR | VI-X
Neocollyris variicornis
AR | X-IV
Neocollyris variitarsis
AR | X-IV
Neocollyris variitarsis variitarsis
AR | X-IV
★ Plutacia dives
OP | VI-X
Plutacia notopleuralis
OP | VI-X
Prothyma assamensis
CO | IV-IX
Prothyma hennigi
CO | IV-IX
Prothyma proxima
CO | IV-IX
Protocollyris brevilabris
AR | VI-X
Protocollyris fragilis
AR | VI-X
Protocollyris longiceps
AR | X-IV
Protocollyris nilgiriensis
AR | X-IV
Protocollyris pacholatkoi
AR | VI-X
Rhytidophaena inornata
AR | VI-X
Rhytidophaena limbata
AR | VI-X
Salpingophora maindroni
RI | VI-X
Setinteridenta rhytidopteroides
OP | VI-X
Therates annandalei
AR | VI-X
Therates arunachalcolus
AR | VI-X
Therates dohertyi
AR | VI-X
★ Therates hennigi
AR | VI-X
★ Therates hennigi dormeri
AR | VI-X
Therates hennigi hennigi
AR | VI-X
★ Therates ingridae
AR | VI-X
Therates jendeki
AR | VI-X
Therates nepalensis
AR | VI-X
Therates sausai
AR | VI-X
Therates waagenorum
AR | VI-X
Therates westbengalensis
AR | VI-X
Tricondyla femorata
AR | VI-X
Tricondyla gounellei
AR | VI-X
Tricondyla macrodera macrodera
AR | VI-X
Tricondyla tuberculata
AR | VI-X
References
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Pearson, D.L. & Vogler, A.P. (2001). Tiger Beetles: The Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity of the Cicindelids. Cornell University Press.
Pearson, D.L., Knisley, C.B. & Kazilek, C.J. (2006). A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of the United States and Canada. Oxford University Press.
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