Tiger Beetles by Bioregion
3,717 Cicindelidae species distributed across 7 biogeographic regions. Click a region to explore species, genera and country breakdowns.
🌴 Oriental
1120 species
South and Southeast Asia — the most species-rich bioregion, …
🦁 Afrotropical
853 species
Sub-Saharan Africa — home to Manticora (65 mm, the largest t…
🌿 Neotropical
699 species
Central and South America — extraordinarily diverse Odontoch…
🏔️ Palearctic
390 species
Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa — the most studied r…
🏜️ Nearctic
318 species
North America — diverse Cicindelini of open sand, salt flats…
🦘 Australasian
239 species
Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific — distinctive endemic …
🦎 Malagasy
48 species
Madagascar and adjacent islands — isolated endemic fauna dom…
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