Genus
Macfarlandia
1 species
*Macfarlandia* is a rare Australian endemic tiger beetle genus known from Western Australia's Moresby Range. Its metallic, elongate body and nocturnal habits set it apart from most sympatric cicindelines. Active on bare sandy or clay substrates, it remains one of the least-documented genera in the Australian fauna.
Diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS — *Macfarlandia* Sumlin, 1981. Body 8–14 mm, elongate-cursorial, metallic. Fully winged. Labrum subquadrate. Eyes medium. Nocturnal; inhabits open wet areas on bare sandy or clay substrates, Western Australia. Distinguished from sympatric Western Australian Cicindelina by aedeagal morphology. No confusion genera recorded.
Etymology
Named after Macfarland (US entomologist); -ia feminine ending.
Species (1)
Distribution map — GBIF occurrences
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Overview
*Macfarlandia* is a rare Australian endemic tiger beetle genus known from Western Australia's Moresby Range. Its metallic, elongate body and nocturnal habits set it apart from most sympatric cicindelines. Active on bare sandy or clay substrates, it remains one of the least-documented genera in the Australian fauna.
Type species: Macfarlandia macfarlandi Sumlin, 1981 [by monotypy]
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist 2. Sumlin, W.D. (1979) — original genus description 3. 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] 4. 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] 5. 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] 6. 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] 7. Review of Genus Cicindela, Sumlin (1984) — Entomological News 95(5)(p.189-199) XII.1984 Studies of Australian Cic.III; Review of Genus Cicindel
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