Ctenostoma dormeri

Ctenostoma dormeri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Ctenostoma
Species:
C. dormeri
Binomial name
Ctenostoma dormeri
W.Horn, 1898

Ctenostoma dormeri, or Dormer’s comb-mouthed beetle,[1] is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found from southern Colombia to northern Ecuador,[2] where it is found in cloud forests on the slopes of the eastern Andes.

Adults are large in size (13.5-16 mm) and have a dark brown to shiny black colour.[3]

References

  1. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
  2. ^ Catalogue of Life: Ctenostoma dormeri
  3. ^ The Tiger Beetles of Ecuador: Their Identification, Distribution And Natural History (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)


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