Neocollyris smaragdina is a species in the tiger beetle family Cicindelidae. It was described by Horn in 1894.[1][2]
| Neocollyris smaragdina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Collyridini |
| Genus: | Neocollyris |
| Species: | N. smaragdina
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| Binomial name | |
| Neocollyris smaragdina (Horn, 1894)
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N. smaragdina was depicted in the 1912 book "Coleoptera: General Introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae" by entomologist William Weekes Fowler[3][4] and described as "very closely allied to N. saphyrina" but on average larger, and having a more narrow pronotum.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Neocollyris smaragdina (W.Horn, 1894)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fowler, William Weekes (1912). Coleoptera: General Introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Taylor & Francis.
- ^ Fowler, W. W. (1977). Coleoptera: general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. New Delhi: Today & Tomorrow's Printers.
- ^ Internet Archive Book Images (1912-01-01), Image from page 281 of "Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae" (1912), retrieved 2020-08-15