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Afrotropical Tiger Beetles

Sub-Saharan Africa — home to Manticora (65 mm, the largest tiger beetle) and diverse open-ground and forest-floor specialists.

853

Species

8

Top genera shown

12

Countries

GBIF occurrence data · © OpenStreetMap · © CartoDB

Top genera

Countries in this region

Species — showing 24 of 853

Ambalia aberrans aberrans Fairmaire, 1871 Aberrans Tiger Beetle riverine-sandy · diurnal Ambalia satura Satura Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Ambalia aberrans aberrans Aberrans Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Amblycheila picolominii Southwest Giant Tiger Beetle open-ground · nocturnal Bennigsenium basilewskyi Basilewskyi Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium bodongi Bodongi Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium cosmemoides Cosmemoides Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium discoscriptum Discoscriptum Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium grossesculptum Grossesculptum Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium grossumbreve Grossumbreve Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium hauseranum Hauseranum Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium horni Horni Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium ismenioides Ismenioides Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium kakonkianum Kakonkianum Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium planicorne Planicorne Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bennigsenium unciferum Unciferum Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bostrichophorus bianconii bianconii Bianconii Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Bostrichophorus bianconii lieugmei Bianconii Tiger Beetle riverine-sandy · diurnal Calomera alboguttata alboguttata Alboguttata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera alboguttata viridinitida Alboguttata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calomera fimbriata imperatrix Fimbriata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Calyptoglossa frontalis Frontalis Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela fontanea Fontanea Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela gemmifera Gemmifera Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal

Cicindela marginella inanis Marginella Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela marginella longula Marginella Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela marginella marginella Marginella Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela marginella securicornis Marginella Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cicindela pudibunda Pudibunda Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cratohaerea brunet Brunet Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Cratohaerea confusa Confusa Tiger Beetle open-ground · diurnal Cratohaerea chrysopyga Chrysopyga Tiger Beetle arboreal · diurnal Cylindera albosignata Albosignata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera colmanti Colmanti Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera confluentesignata Confluentesignata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera granulipennis Granulipennis Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera lunalonga Lunalonga Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera malaris Malaris Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera minutula Minutula Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera nudata Nudata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera obsoletesignata Obsoletesignata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera praecisa Praecisa Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera raffrayi Raffrayi Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera redunculata Redunculata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera serranoi Serranoi Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera dissimilis dissimilis Dissimilis Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera dissimilis extensomaculata Dissimilis Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera illecebrosa Illecebrosa Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera inopinata Inopinata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera litterifera Litterifera Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera zaza Zaza Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera agualusai Agualusai Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera anelia Anelia Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera bandinellii Bandinellii Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera centropunctata Centropunctata Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera collicia Collicia Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera constricticollis Constricticollis Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera decellei Decellei Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera discreta discreta Discreta Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera discreta elaphroides Discreta Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera dregei Dregei Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera fabiocassolai Fabiocassolai Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera fallaciosa Fallaciosa Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera fallax Fallax Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera ganglbaueri Ganglbaueri Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera genofiae Genofiae Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera graniticollis Graniticollis Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera gulbenkiana Gulbenkiana Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera humillima Humillima Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera jeanneli Jeanneli Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera juergenwiesneri Juergenwiesneri Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal Cylindera labioaenea fuscocuprascens Labioaenea Tiger Beetle coastal-sandy · diurnal

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