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Neocollyris bonellii viridula

Bonellii Tiger Beetle

(Guerin-Meneville, 1844)

Junior synonyms: obscura (Laporte de Castelnau, 1834), ruficornis (Audouin and Brullé, 1839), flavitarsis (Audouin and Brullé, 1839), melanopoda (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846), cribellata (Chaudoir, 1860), puncticollis (Chaudoir, 1860), cribrosa (Chaudoir, 1860), terminalis (Chaudoir, 1864), modesta (Motschulsky, 1864), fuscicornis (Motschulsky, 1864), nigricornis (Motschulsky, 1864), thoracica (W. Horn, 1892), arunensis Naviaux, 1994, viridula (Chaudoir, 1864), timoriensis (W. Horn, 1893)

Oriental / Palearctic IUCN NE

Rank

Subspecies

Authorship

(Guerin-Meneville, 1844)

Subgenus

Neocollyris

Tribe

Collyridini

Subtribe

Collyridina

Body length

16 mm

Habitat

arboreal

Activity

diurnal

Wing type

macropterous

Countries

Data level

complete

Genus diagnosis Diagnosis & identification

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

DIAGNOSIS — Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901 Body 8–16 mm, strongly elongate with ant-mimicking habitus.

Similar taxa: Resembles *Collyris*, *Derocrania*, *Protocollyris*

Etymology

From Greek *néos* (new) + Collyris — "new Collyris" (modern revision separating from historical Collyris s.l.).

Seasonal activity

Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)

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

Distribution

Indonesia (Sumatra: S. utara, S. barat, Bengkulu, Jambi, S. selatan, Sumbawa, Sumba), Malaysia (Malacca, Sarawak), Sabah, Philippines (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang)

Countries: Bangladesh · China · Indonesia · Cambodia · Laos · Myanmar · Malaysia · Philippines · Thailand · Vietnam

Provinces / states: Sumatra · S. barat · Bengkulu · Jambi · S. selatan · Sumbawa · Sumba · Malacca · Sarawak · Andhra Pradesh · Assam · Jharkhand · Karnataka · Kerala · Maharashtra · Tamil Nadu · Telangana · Tripura · Uttarakhand · West Bengal · Fujian · Guangdong · Guangxi · Hainan · Hong Kong · Jiangxi · Xizang · Yunnan · Zhejiang