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Cosmodela virgula

Virgula Tiger Beetle

Wiesner, 2008

Palearctic / Oriental IUCN NE

Rank

Species

Authorship

Wiesner, 2008

Tribe

Cicindelini

Subtribe

Cicindelina

Body length

18 mm

Habitat

open-ground

Activity

diurnal

Wing type

macropterous

Countries

Data level

partial

Genus diagnosis Diagnosis & identification

This diagnosis describes the genus Cosmodela, not the individual species. Species-level characters are not yet recorded.

DIAGNOSIS — *Cosmodela* Rivalier, 1961 Body medium (10–18 mm), robust-cursorial habitus, somewhat broader than typical Cicindelina. Head wider than pronotum; eyes large, protuberant.

Similar taxa: Resembles *Ambalia*, *Bennigsenium*, *Calyptoglossa*

Etymology

From Greek *kósmos* (ornament, world) + Cicindel- stem — "ornamented tiger beetle"; Rivalier 1961.

Seasonal activity

Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)

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Green = active months · Orange = peak. Peak: I-XII

Distribution

Nepal, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur), Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, Sichuan, Yunnan)

Countries: Nepal · India · BT · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Cambodia · Laos · Vietnam · China

Provinces / states: Himachal Pradesh · Uttarakhand · Jharkhand · West Bengal · Nagaland · Meghalaya · Assam · Tripura · Arunachal Pradesh · Sikkim · Manipur · Fujian · Guangdong · Guangxi · Hainan · Hong Kong · Jiangsu · Shandong · Shanghai · Sichuan · Yunnan