Derocrania brevicollis
| Derocrania brevicollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Derocrania |
| Species: | D. brevicollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Derocrania brevicollis W.Horn, 1905
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Derocrania brevicollis is a species of tiger beetle endemic to the south of the Western Ghats of India.[1][2]
Description
The body is shiny black and around 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in) with black and blue on pronotum and head. The elytra is bronze and widens past mid body. It can be differentiated from Derocrania honorei by shorter pronotum and lacking a pronotal collum.[1] [2]
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. 285.
- ^ 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. 35. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.