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Therates jendeki

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Therates jendeki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Therates
Species:
T. jendeki
Binomial name
Therates jendeki
Sawada & Wiesner, 1997

Therates jendeki is a species of tiger beetle endemic to north-eastern India.[1]

Description

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This beetle is 6.7 to 9.1mm in body length with a shiny greenish black head. The elytra is shiny black with yellow patches. The brown elytral apex is unique characteristics of this species along with broad humeral lunule. [2][3]

References

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  1. ^ 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. 83. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.
  2. ^ Wiesner, Jürgen (2013-09-12). "0315. The chennelli group of the Genus Therates Latreille (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) 114. Contribution towards the knowledge of Cicindelidae". Insecta Mundi. ISSN 1942-1354.
  3. ^ "Therates jendeki Sawada and Wiesner 1997 - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 2025-06-06.