Ctenostoma schmalzi

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

Ctenostoma schmalzi is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in Paraguay and Brazil,[1] where subspecies schmalzi inhabits the southern Alantic forest and subspecies paraguayense is found in the gallery forests of the South American Campos ecosystem.

Adults are brachypterous.[2]

Subspecies

  • Ctenostoma schmalzi schmalzi (Brazil) - Schmalz's comb-mouthed beetle
  • Ctenostoma schmalzi paraguayense Brouerius van Nidek, 1956 (Paraguay) - Paraguayan small comb-mouthed beetle

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