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Cylindera bigemina

Bigemina Tiger Beetle
(Leschenault, 1835)
Oriental IUCN NE
Rank
Species
Authorship
(Leschenault, 1835)
Subgenus
Tribe
Cicindelini
Subtribe
Cicindelina
Body length
13.5 mm
Habitat
coastal-sandy
Activity
diurnal
Wing type
macropterous
Countries
3
Data level
complete

Genus diagnosis Diagnosis & identification

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

DIAGNOSIS — Cylindera Westwood, 1831 Body 6–13 mm, elongate-cylindrical habitus. Distinguished from Cicindela s.str., Calomera, Lophyra, Myriochila, Parvindela, Cicindelidia by aedeagal morphology.

Similar taxa: Resembles *Calochroa*, *Calomera*, *Cosmodela*

Etymology

From Greek/Latin *cylindrus* (cylinder) + Cicindel- stem — referring to cylindrical body form; coined by Westwood 1831.

Seasonal activity

Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)

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Green = active months · Orange = peak. Peak: VII-VIII

Distribution

Pakistan (NWFP, Punjab, Sind), India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim), Nepal, Bhutan, Meghalaya, Odisha

Countries: India · Nepal · Pakistan

Provinces / states: NWFP · Punjab · Sind · Himachal Pradesh · Uttarakhand · Haryana · West Bengal · Assam · Sikkim

External references

GBIF · iNaturalist · Wikipedia