Stenocosmia

Overview

*Stenocosmia* Rivalier, 1965 is a small genus of roughly three species found exclusively on Madagascar, making it one of the island's distinctive endemic tiger beetle lineages. These slender, metallic beetles inhabit forest floors and woodland clearings, where they hunt by night across bare soil. With bodies measuring just 9–13 mm, *Stenocosmia* represents an elegant example of Madagascar's remarkable cicindelid diversity.

Type species: Cicindela sumatrana Castelnau, 1834 [by subsequent designation]

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