Tiger Beetles of Papua New Guinea

Cicindelidae species recorded from Papua New Guinea according to the World Tiger Beetle Database v54.

83

Total species

34

Country endemics

6

Genera

Key genera

Caledonomorpha

Species — showing 20 of 83

Archidela nigrina Nigrina Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Caledonomorpha darlingtoni Darlingtoni Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Caledonomorpha elegans Elegans Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Caledonomorpha jordani Jordani Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Caledonomorpha loebli Loebli Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Caledonomorpha milneana Milneana Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Caledonomorpha papuana Papuana Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Caledonomorpha strazanaci Strazanaci Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Caledonomorpha ullrichi Ullrichi Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera froggatti froggatti Froggatti Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Darlingtonica papua Papua Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Distipsidera grutii Grutii Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Distipsidera papuana Papuana Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Guineica inaequidens Inaequidens Tiger Beetle forest-floor · diurnal Guineica tetrachoides Tetrachoides Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha bishopi Bishopi Tiger Beetle arboreal · nocturnal Leptognatha inexspectata Inexspectata Tiger Beetle arboreal · nocturnal Leptognatha rudolfbennigseni Rudolfbennigseni Tiger Beetle arboreal · nocturnal Leptognatha spinilabris Spinilabris Tiger Beetle arboreal · nocturnal Leptognatha sumliniana Sumliniana Tiger Beetle open-ground · nocturnal

Leptognatha albertisii Albertisii Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha curvidentis Curvidentis Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha darlingtoni Darlingtoni Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha flavoantennalis Flavoantennalis Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha hornabrooki Hornabrooki Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha latreillei Latreillei Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha longidentis Longidentis Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha orientalis Eastern Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha papua Papua Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha pseudovelutina Pseudovelutina Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha riedeliana Riedeliana Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha septentrionalis Septentrionalis Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha velutina Velutina Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha viridithoracica Viridithoracica Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Leptognatha wagneri Wagneri Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Orthocindela angustecincta Angustecincta Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Polyrhanis oceanica Oceanica Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis ancorifera Ancorifera Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis barbata Barbata Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis bennigsenia Bennigsenia Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis boisduvali Boisduvali Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis declivis Declivis Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis denudata Denudata Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis deuvei Deuvei Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis gressitti Gressitti Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis guineensis Guineensis Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis guineensis guineensis Guineensis Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis guineensis umbrosa Guineensis Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis holgeri Holgeri Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis holynskii Holynskii Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis cheesmanae Cheesmanae Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis innocens Innocens Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis innocentior Innocentior Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis jo Jo Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis kampeni Kampeni Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis klynstrai Klynstrai Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis loriai Loriai Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis microgemmea Microgemmea Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis neopupilligera Neopupilligera Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Polyrhanis olthofi Olthofi Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal

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