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Habroscelimorpha praetextata pallidofemora

Festive Tiger Beetle
(Say, 1824)
Neotropical IUCN NE
Rank
Subspecies
Authorship
(Say, 1824)
Tribe
Cicindelini
Subtribe
Cicindelina
Body length
14.5 mm
Habitat
coastal-sandy
Activity
diurnal
Wing type
macropterous
Countries
1
Data level
partial

Genus diagnosis Diagnosis & identification

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

DIAGNOSIS — *Habroscelimorpha* Dokhtouroff, 1883 Body medium (9–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyewith very large, strongly protuberant — open-substrate adaptation. [inherited from species]

Similar taxa: Resembles *Beckerium*, *Brasiella*, *Cicindela*

Etymology

From Greek *habrós* (delicate, graceful) + *skélos* (leg) + *morphḗ* (form) — "of delicate-legged form".

Seasonal activity

Active April–September (peak May–Jul)

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

Distribution

Mexico (Baja California)

Countries: Mexico

Provinces / states: Baja California

External references

GBIF · iNaturalist · Wikipedia