Callytron yuasai

Callytron yuasai
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Callytron
Species:
C. yuasai
Binomial name
Callytron yuasai
(Nakane, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Cicindela yuasai Nakane, 1955
  • Callytron miyakejimanum Nakane, 1961

Callytron yuasai, the Yuasa tiger beetle[1], is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.[2]

The larvae of subspecies okinawense have been found in mangrove forests, where they made shallow burrows in mounds constructed by the mud lobster Thalassina anomala.[3]

Subspecies

  • Callytron yuasai yuasai (South Korea, Japan)
  • Callytron yuasai okinawense Hori & Cassola, 1989 (Japan, Taiwan)

References