Cheilonycha auripennis

Cheilonycha auripennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cheilonycha
Species:
C. auripennis
Binomial name
Cheilonycha auripennis
(Lucas, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Cicindela auripennis Lucas, 1857
  • Odontocheila angustedilatata W.Horn, 1922

Cheilonycha auripennis, the bicolored mound-dwelling tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.[1]

Adults have been observed sheltering inside termite mounds at night and during the day when it is hot. Larvae make burrows in the surface of termite mounds.[2]

Subspecies

  • Cheilonycha auripennis auripennis (Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil)
  • Cheilonycha auripennis chiquitosiana J.Moravec, 2019 (Bolivia)

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of Life: Cheilonycha auripennis
  2. ^ Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision within the Neotropical genera of the subtribe Odontocheilina W. Horn in a new sense 8. Redescription and lectotype designation of Pentacomia (Pentacomia) lanei (W. Horn), with a new record from Paraguay


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