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Ropaloteres feisthamelii

Feisthamelii Tiger Beetle

(Bates, 1878)

Palearctic / Afrotropical IUCN NE

Rank

Species

Authorship

(Bates, 1878)

Tribe

Cicindelini

Subtribe

Cicindelina

Body length

14 mm

Habitat

open-ground

Activity

diurnal

Wing type

macropterous

Countries

Data level

partial

Genus diagnosis Diagnosis & identification

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

DIAGNOSIS — *Ropaloteres* Cassola, 2000 Body small to medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.

Similar taxa: Resembles *Ambalia*, *Bennigsenium*, *Calyptoglossa*

Etymology

From Greek *rhópalon* (club) + *téras*/-otes — "club-shaped".

Seasonal activity

Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)

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

Distribution

Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Uganda, Benin, Republic of Congo, Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon

Countries: SN · GW · GN · ML · Central African Republic · CI · Uganda · BJ · Republic of Congo · SD · TD · Ethiopia · NG · GH · Cameroon