Calomera

Overview

*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.

Type species: Cicindela littoralis Fabricius, 1787

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