Cicindela interrupta is a beetle of the family Cicindelidae.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Tribe: | Cicindelini |
Subtribe: | Cicindelina |
Genus: | Cicindela |
Species: | C. interrupta
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Binomial name | |
Cicindela interrupta Fabricius, 1775
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Description
editIts head, pronotum, and elytra are dark brown, with yellow markings on the elytra. It has large, prominent, compound eyes and large jaws.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
- ^ "Cicindela interrupta Fabricius, 1775". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
- ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.