Hypaetha copulata
(Bates, 1892)
Common name: Copulata Tiger Beetle
Distribution
Iran (Bushire), Pakistan (Sind), Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Flight period
IV-IX (spring-summer, ORI/PAL transition)
Key diagnostic characters
DIAGNOSIS — *Hypaetha* LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851 Body small to medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat
Precise distribution
IR, PK, SA
Confidence profile
geo:H|bio:H|morph:H|pheno:I|elev:I|obs:M
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Taxonomic notes
Original combination: [orig. comb.] copulata copulata (Bates, 1892) (Bates, 1892)
Originally described as copulata copulata (Bates, 1892); transferred to Hypaetha · Verified in Wiesner 2020 checklist
Synonym: Cicindela copulata copulata (Bates, 1892) [basionym]
Data quality: 83/100 · Source: GBIF; Wiesner2020; matrix-morphology · Verified by V. Štrunc · Audited: 2026-05-13