Calochroa flavomaculata flavomaculata

Description

Flavomaculata Tiger Beetle, 14.5mm, rice fields; grassy areas (tennis courts, airports); river banks (sandy+muddy wet); pagoda walls (night illuminated); attracted to light specialist, diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light; rests on illuminated pagoda walls during day), Oriental / Palearctic — tiger beetle data, photos & distribution.

Key characters

KEY vs sexpunctata: (1) genae GLABROUS (sexpunctata: white setose); (2) pronotum WHOLLY glabrous incl; margins (sexpunctata: margins setose); (3) 3 elytral spots in CURVED line, basal spot deflected toward margin (sexpunctata: straight line, 1st not deflected); (4) robust body vs slender sexpunctata

Diagnosis

KEY vs sexpunctata: (1) genae GLABROUS (sexpunctata: white setose); (2) pronotum WHOLLY glabrous incl. margins (sexpunctata: margins setose); (3) 3 elytral spots in CURVED line, basal spot deflected toward margin (sexpunctata: straight line, 1st not deflected); (4) robust body vs slender sexpunctata. Habitat: rice fields/grassy/river banks vs sexpunctata brackish coastal.

Facts

Tribe

Cicindelini

Subtribe

Cicindelina

Body length

14.5 mm

Size class

medium

Habitat

rice fields; grassy areas (tennis courts, airports); river banks (sandy+muddy wet); pagoda walls (night-illuminated); attracted to light

Activity

diurnal + nocturnal (attracted to light; rests on illuminated pagoda walls during day)

Wings

macropterous

Bioregion

Oriental / Palearctic

Distribution

Pakistan, Nepal, India (Andaman and Nicobar Isl., Assam…

Countries

Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam

Conservation

NE

Described by

Hope, 1831

Phenology

Active June–October (peak Jul–Aug)

Etymology

From Greek *kalós* (beautiful) + *chróa/chroia* (colour, skin) — "beautiful colour", referring to brilliantly coloured dorsum.

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External resources

GBIF · Wikipedia