Tiger Beetles of Nigeria

Cicindelidae species recorded from Nigeria according to the World Tiger Beetle Database v54.

39

Total species

6

Genera

Key genera

Species — showing 20 of 39

Calomera aulica tschitscherini Aulica Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cratohaerea chrysopyga Chrysopyga Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Euryarthron saginatum Saginatum Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Euzona albolineata Albolineata Tiger Beetle riverine-sandy · diurnal Habrodera nilotica nilotica Nilotica Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Habrodera nitidula nitidula Nitidula Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Chaetodera regalis regalis Regalis Tiger Beetle riverine-sandy · diurnal Chaetodera regalis veneranda Regalis Tiger Beetle riverine-sandy · diurnal Lophyra flavipennis Yellow-winged Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra grossepunctata Grossepunctata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra luxerii Luxerii Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra uncivittata Uncivittata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra capillata Capillata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra clathrata clathrata Clathrata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra neglecta intermediola Neglecta Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra neglecta neglecta Neglecta Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra neglecta subalba Neglecta Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra neglecta sublitoralis Neglecta Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Lophyra senegalensis Senegalese Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Megacephala bocandei bocandei Bocandei Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · nocturnal

Megacephala bocandei clermonti Bocandei Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · nocturnal Megacephala megacephala Megacephala Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · nocturnal Megacephala quadrisignata quadrisignata Quadrisignata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · nocturnal Megacephala quadrisignata rivaliera Quadrisignata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · nocturnal Myriochila dorsata Dorsata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Myriochila dumolinii Dumolinii Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Myriochila flavidens angusteampliata Flavidens Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Myriochila flavidens flavidens Flavidens Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Neochila grandis Grandis Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Neochila nigromarginilabris Nigromarginilabris Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Neochila unicolorata Unicolorata Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Oxygonia vuillefroyi Vuillefroyi Tiger Beetle forest-floor · diurnal Prothymidia vuilletorum Vuilletorum Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Ropaloteres feisthamelii Feisthamelii Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Ropaloteres flavosignatus cupreoreductulus Flavosignatus Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Ropaloteres flavosignatus flavoreductus Flavosignatus Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Ropaloteres flavosignatus flavosignatus Flavosignatus Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Ropaloteres nysa ethiopicus Nysa Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Ropaloteres nysa nysa Nysa Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal

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