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Ropaloteres luridus tenuipictus
Cassola & Werner, 2000 · Subspecies
Luridus Tiger Beetle
Description
Luridus Tiger Beetle, 14mm, open ground specialist, diurnal, Afrotropical — tiger beetle data, photos & distribution.
Key characters
Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS — *Ropaloteres* Cassola, 2000 Body small to medium (8–14 mm), elongate-cursorial habitus. Head wider than pronotum; eyewith large, protuberant.
Facts
- Tribe
- Cicindelini
- Subtribe
- Cicindelina
- Body length
- 14 mm
- Size class
- medium
- Habitat
- open-ground
- Activity
- diurnal
- Wings
- macropterous
- Bioregion
- Afrotropical
- Distribution
- Zimbabwe, DR Congo (Katanga), Malawi, Angola, Mozambique…
- Countries
- Angola, DR Congo, Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Conservation
- NE
- Described by
- Cassola & Werner, 2000
Phenology
Active October–April (peak Jan–Nov)
Etymology
From Greek *rhópalon* (club) + *téras*/-otes — "club-shaped".
FAQ
What is the Marshalli Tiger Beetle?
*Ropaloteres* Guérin-Méneville, 1849 is a genus of roughly ten metallic tiger beetles confined to the forests and open laterite pans of sub-Saharan Africa. These slender, cylindrical beetles measure between 10 and 18 mm and are active at night, patrolling compacted clay, laterite, and sandy substrat
Where does the Marshalli Tiger Beetle live?
It specialises in open ground habitats. distributed across the Afrotropical region. with records from Zimb
External resources
GBIF · Wikipedia · iNaturalist
Data quality score: 61 · tier B_partial