Tricondyla macrodera
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Tricondyla |
| Species: | T. macrodera
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| Binomial name | |
| Tricondyla macrodera Chaudoir,1860
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Tricondyla macrodera is a species of tiger beetle found in India,China and Burma.[1][2]
Description
[edit]A beetle of 16 to 20 mm long brown and black body with a large head and prominent eyes. The basal joints and femora are red except for apex. The tibia and tarsi are black. Its labrum and mouth parts are usually brownish red. Two subspecies - Tricondyla macrodera subsp. abruptesculpta and Tricondyla macrodera subsp. birmanica were recorded from China and Mynamar.[2] [3]
In India it has been found in the forests of north-eastern Himalayas. It is an arboreal beetle spotted usually on tree trunks.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Fowler, W. W. (1912). Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Vol. Coleoptera [Cicindelidae-Paussidae] (1912). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 278.
- ^ a b c 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. 33. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.
- ^ "Tricondyla macrodera Chaudoir, 1861". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
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