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Hypaetha schmidti

(Bates, 1892)

Common name: Schmidti Tiger Beetle

Tribe
Cicindelini
Subtribe
Cicindelina
Bioregion
Palearctic
Countries
2
Body length
15 mm
Habitat
coastal-sandy
Activity
diurnal
Wings
macropterous

Distribution

Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, SW Iran

Coastal habitatBiome: Coastal sandy

Flight period

I

Active March–July (peak Apr–Jun)

Similar to: Resembles Lophyra, Myriochila, Prothyma
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII

III-VI (spring, Red Sea coastal halophyte)

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, SA

Confidence profile

geo:M|bio:H|morph:H|pheno:I|elev:I|obs:M

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Taxonomic notes

Original combination: [orig. comb.] singularis (Bates, 1892) (Bates, 1892)

Originally described as singularis (Bates, 1892); transferred to Hypaetha · Verified in Wiesner 2020 checklist

Synonym: Cicindela singularis (Bates, 1892) [basionym]

Data quality: 82/100  ·  Source: GBIF; Wiesner2020; matrix-morphology  ·  Verified by V. Štrunc · Audited: 2026-05-13

Frequently asked

What is the Singularis 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 Singularis Tiger Beetle live? ▾
It specialises in coastal sandy habitats. distributed across the Palearctic / Afrotropical region. with
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