Genus
Eucallia
1 species
*Eucallia* Guérin-Méneville, 1844 is a monotypic tiger beetle genus of the Neotropical forest, known from Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. Its single species inhabits forest floor substrates of bare clay-loam and sandy clay. Small and metallic, *Eucallia* is a nocturnal denizen of lowland tropical forest.
Diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS — *Eucallia* Guérin-Méneville, 1844. Monotypic; body small, 14–22 mm, elongate-compact, depressed; coloration metallic; wings fully developed; labrum transverse; eyes medium. Nocturnal; forest floor habitat on bare clay-loam or sandy clay substrates. Distinguished from all other Iresina by aedeagal morphology [Moravec, 2020]. No confusion genera recorded.
Etymology
From Greek *eu-* (well, beautiful) + *kallos* (beauty) — "of fine beauty".
Species (1)
Distribution map — GBIF occurrences
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Overview
*Eucallia* Guérin-Méneville, 1844 is a monotypic tiger beetle genus of the Neotropical forest, known from Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. Its single species inhabits forest floor substrates of bare clay-loam and sandy clay. Small and metallic, *Eucallia* is a nocturnal denizen of lowland tropical forest.
Type species: Eucallia magnifica W. Horn, 1899 [by monotypy]
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist 2. Horn, W. (1899) — original genus description 3. Moravec, J. (2020) — Cicindelini Vol. 2 4. Pearson, D.L. & Vogler, A.P. (2001) — Tiger Beetles: The Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity of the Cicindelids. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, 333 pp. [ISBN 0-8014-3882-9] 5. Duran, D.P. & Gough, H.M. (2020) — Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Cicindelidae) and reclassification within Coleoptera. Systematic Entomology 45(4): 723-729. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12440 [validates Cicindelidae as separate family] 6. Gough, H.M., Duran, D.P., Kawahara, A.Y. & Toussaint, E.F.A. (2018) — A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae). Systematic Entomology 43(3): 567-586. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12324 [ML phylogeny of 328 taxa, 9 gene regions] 7. Wiesner, J. (2020) — Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World, 2nd edition (Verzeichnis der Sandlaufkäfer der Welt, 27. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cicindelidae). Winterwork, Borsdorf, 534 pp. [Authoritative current world checklist] 8. Horn, W. (1908-1915) — Coleoptera Adephaga, fam. Carabidae, subfam. Cicindelinae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.) Genera Insectorum, fascicles 82a, 82b, 82c (1908, 1910, 1915). L. Desmet-Verteneuil, Bruxelles. BHL bibliography/45481 [open access — fundamental historical monograph for the family] 9. Horn, W. (1908, 1910, 1915) — Coleoptera Adephaga, fam. Carabidae, subfam. Cicindelinae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.) Genera Insectorum, fascicles 82a, 82b, 82c. L. Desmet-Verteneuil, Bruxelles. BHL bibliography/45481 [foundational historical monograph of Cicindelidae, treating all genera known at the time] +4 citations · full list in paid edition
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