Genus
Setinteridenta
1 species
*Setinteridenta* is a monotypic Oriental genus of tiger beetle found on bare sandy, clay-loam, and riverine substrates in northern India. Its single species, *Cicindela cardoni* Fleutiaux, 1894, is distinguished by a uniquely denticulate labrum bearing bristles between the teeth. Nocturnal in habit, this small elongate beetle occupies open wet habitats in Himalayan foothill regions.
Diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS — *Setinteridenta* Acciavatti, 1987. Monotypic; body 9–14 mm, cylindrical (L:W 2–3), metallic. Head wider than pronotum; labrum elongate, strongly denticulate with conspicuous setae between teeth (key autapomorphy). Fully winged; nocturnal. Substrate: bare sandy, clay-loam, or riverine. Treated as subgenus of *Cylindera* Westwood, 1831. Type species: *Cicindela cardoni* Fleutiaux, 1894 (by monotypy).
Etymology
From Latin *seta* (bristle) + *interdens* (between-teeth) — "with bristles between teeth" (referring to mandibular characters).
Species (1)
Distribution map — GBIF occurrences
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Overview
*Setinteridenta* is a monotypic Oriental genus of tiger beetle found on bare sandy, clay-loam, and riverine substrates in northern India. Its single species, *Cicindela cardoni* Fleutiaux, 1894, is distinguished by a uniquely denticulate labrum bearing bristles between the teeth. Nocturnal in habit, this small elongate beetle occupies open wet habitats in Himalayan foothill regions.
Type species: Cicindela cardoni Fleutiaux, 1894 [by monotypy (Naviaux 1991)]
1. Wiesner, J. (2020) — checklist 2. Naviaux, R. (1991) — original genus description 3. Pearson, D.L. et al. (2020) — Field Guide India 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. Naviaux, R. (1991) — original description of Setinteridenta. In: Les Cicindèles de Thaïlande series or related Bull. Soc. linnéenne Lyon contribution. 6. 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] 7. 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] 8. 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] 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]
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