Lophyra cancellata
| Lophyra cancellata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Lophyra |
| Species: | L. cancellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lophyra cancellata Dejean, 1825
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Lophyra cancellata is a species of tiger beetle found in Asia.[1][2]
Description
A beetle with 10 to 11 mm body length, it has a copper colored head and pronotum with green or blue sides. The labrum is large and white. The elytra had antler like markings. The bare cheeks separate it from the similar looking Lophyra catena species.[3]
There have been at least 5 sub-species of these genus namely[2]:
- Lophyra cancellata subsp. borchmanni (Mandl, 1954)
- Lophyra cancellata subsp. cancellata (Dejean, 1825)
- Lophyra cancellata subsp. candei (Chevrolat, 1845)
- Lophyra cancellata subsp. intemperata (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989)
- Lophyra cancellata subsp. subtilesculpta (W.Horn, 1912)
References
- ^ Fowler, W. W (1912). Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Vol. Coleoptera [Cicindelidae-Paussidae] (1912). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 424.
- ^ a b "Lophyra cancellata (Dejean, 1825)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-05-30.
- ^ 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. 130. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.