Chaetodera regalis
| Royal tiger beetle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Chaetodera |
| Species: | C. regalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chaetodera regalis (Dejean, 1831)
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Chaetodera regalis, common name the royal tiger beetle (which may also refer to Lophyra clathrata[1]), is a species of tiger beetle found in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the south-east.[2][3][4][5][6] It is found in riverine habitats.[5]
Subspecies
- Chaetodera regalis regalis (Senegal/Gambia, Guinea, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia, Congo, DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa)
- Chaetodera regalis veneranda Rivalier, 1952 (Niger, Chad, Sudan)
References
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- ^ "Royal Tiger Beetle". Project Noah. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ^ "Chaetodera regalis (Dejean, 1831)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Chaetodera regalis (Dejean 1831) maps - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Chaetodera regalis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ a b Mawdsley, Jonathan R.; Sithole, Hendrik (2009-07-22). "Natural history of the African riverine tiger beetle Chaetodera regalis (Dejean) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". Journal of Natural History. 43 (31–32): 1891–1908. doi:10.1080/00222930903015816. ISSN 0022-2933.
- ^ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2022-10-05.