Collyris brevipennis
| Collyris brevipennis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Collyris |
| Species: | C. brevipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Collyris brevipennis W.Horn, 1901
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Collyris brevipennis, the Short-winged Brush Tiger Beetle, is a tiger beetle endemic to India found in the Western Ghats.[1][2][3]
Description
A beetle with purple-violent colored body of 19-24 mm length ,it has strong excavation between eyes. Its elytra is deeply punctured and it has dark legs with red on femora as well as apex of posterior tarsi. It can be differentiated from Collyris longicollis by relatively narrow pronotum and shorter elytra.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b Fowler, W. W; Fowler, W. W (1912). Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Vol. Coleoptera [Cicindelidae-Paussidae] (1912). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 226.
- ^ "Collyris brevipennis W.Horn, 1901". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ a b Pearson, David L.; Wiesner, Jürgen; Acciavatti, Robert; Uniyal, V.P.; Anichtchenko, Alexandre (2020). A field guide to tiger beetles of India: identification and biology of the Cicindelidae. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 79. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.