Paraphysodeutera

Overview

*Paraphysodeutera* is a monotypic genus of tiger beetles endemic to Madagascar, known from a single species inhabiting forest floors and woodland clearings. These small metallic beetles, roughly 11 mm in body length, are among the most geographically restricted members of the Cicindelinae.

Type species: Paraphysodeutera naviauxi Moravec, 2002 [by monotypy]

1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist 2. Moravec, J. (2007) — original genus description 3. 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] 4. Moravec, J. (2002) — New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles—7. Paraphysodeutera naviauxi gen. n. et sp. n. (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Folia Heyrovskyana 10(1): 69-74. [genus description] 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, 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] 9. Moravec/Razanaja (2015) — Folia Heyrovskyana, Vol.23(1) (p.54-62) 2015, New or rare Madagascar T.B-16; Moravec/Razanaja

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