Jansenia azureocincta
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Adephaga |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Genus: | Jansenia |
Species: | J. azureocincta
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Binomial name | |
Jansenia azureocincta Bates, 1878
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Jansenia azureocincta is a species of tiger beetle endemic to the Western Ghats of India.[1][2][3]
Description
[edit]A 8 to 9 mm long beetle with a bright copper-red colored head and pronotum. The elytra is copper-red colored with purple-blue iridescent elytral bands with two white spots on the rear half.
References
[edit]- ^ 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. 157. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.
- ^ "Jansenia azureocincta (Bates, 1878)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
- ^ Robert E Acciavatti; David L Pearson (1989). The tiger beetle genus Cicindela (Coleoptera, Insecta) from the Indian subcontinent. p. 222.