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Hypaetha ornatipennis
(Bates, 1892) · Species
Ornatipennis Tiger Beetle
Description
Ornatipennis Tiger Beetle, 15mm, coastal sandy specialist, diurnal, Palearctic / Oriental — tiger beetle data, photos & distribution.
Key characters
Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat
Diagnosis
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
Facts
- Tribe
- Cicindelini
- Subtribe
- Cicindelina
- Body length
- 15 mm
- Size class
- medium
- Habitat
- coastal-sandy
- Activity
- diurnal
- Wings
- macropterous
- Bioregion
- Palearctic / Oriental
- Distribution
- Iran (Bushire, Bender Abbas), Pakistan (Sind)…
- Countries
- India, Iran, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand
- Conservation
- NE
- Described by
- Bates, 1892
Phenology
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
Etymology
From Greek *hypaíthrios* (under the open sky, exposed) — referring to habitat preference for open ground.
FAQ
What is the Quadrilineata Tiger Beetle?
*Hypaetha* LeConte, 1860 is a medium-sized tiger beetle genus of roughly eleven species inhabiting open sandy shores across the Old World, from the Red Sea and East African coast through South and Southeast Asia. These nocturnal hunters are built for life on bare sand, with a cylindrical, darkly pig
Where does the Quadrilineata Tiger Beetle live?
It specialises in coastal sandy habitats. distributed across the Oriental / Palearctic region. wit
External resources
GBIF · Wikipedia · iNaturalist
Data quality score: 82 · tier A_verified