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Homodela ismenia walterheinzi
Werner, 2000 · Subspecies
Ismenia Tiger Beetle
Description
Ismenia Tiger Beetle, 16mm, forest floor specialist, diurnal, Palearctic — tiger beetle data, photos & distribution.
Key characters
Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat
Diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS — *Homodela* Rivalier, 1950. Body 14–18 mm, cylindrical, fully winged. Coloration metallic. Head wider than pronotum; eyes medium, protuberant. Pronotum subquadrate. Elytra elongate; maculation with humeral lunule, median band, and apical mark. Labrum transverse. Activity nocturnal. Habitat: open wet ground, bare sandy or clay-loam substrate. Monotypic; Anatolian endemic. No confusion genera recorded within the data set.
Facts
- Tribe
- Cicindelini
- Subtribe
- Cicindelina
- Body length
- 16 mm
- Size class
- medium
- Habitat
- forest-floor
- Activity
- diurnal
- Wings
- macropterous
- Bioregion
- Palearctic
- Distribution
- Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory…
- Countries
- Australia
- Conservation
- NE
- Described by
- Bates, 1892
Phenology
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
Etymology
From Greek *homós* (same, similar) + Cicindel- stem — "similar to Cicindela".
FAQ
What is the Antiqua 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 Antiqua Tiger Beetle live?
It specialises in coastal sandy habitats. distributed across the Australasian region. with records from Austra
External resources
GBIF · Wikipedia · iNaturalist
Data quality score: 78 · tier A_verified