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Hypaetha upsilon albicans
(Bates, 1892) · Subspecies
Upsilon Tiger Beetle
Description
Upsilon Tiger Beetle, 15mm, coastal sandy specialist, diurnal, Australasian — tiger beetle data, photos & distribution.
Key characters
Head wider than pronotum; eyes very large, strongly protuberant — adaptation to open-substrat [inherited from species]
Diagnosis
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 [inherited from species]
Facts
- Tribe
- Cicindelini
- Subtribe
- Cicindelina
- Body length
- 15 mm
- Size class
- medium
- Habitat
- coastal-sandy
- Activity
- diurnal
- Wings
- macropterous
- Bioregion
- Australasian
- Distribution
- Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Countries
- Australia
- Conservation
- NE
- Described by
- Bates, 1892
Phenology
Active April–September (peak May–Aug)
Etymology
From Greek *hypaíthrios* (under the open sky, exposed) — referring to habitat preference for open ground.
FAQ
What is the Upsilon 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 Upsilon 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: 61 · tier B_partial