Cicindela aurulenta
| Cicindela aurulenta | |
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| Cicindela aurulenta from Java. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Carabinae |
| Genus: | Cicindela |
| Species: | C. aurulenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cicindela aurulenta Fabricius, 1801 | |
Cicindela aurulenta, common name Blue-spotted or Golden-spotted tiger beetle, is a beetle of the Carabidae family.
Description
Cicindela aurulenta reaches about 16–18 millimetres (0.63–0.71 in) in length. Elytra are dark blue- green, with six large yellow or bluish spots and two smaller spots on the shoulders. Also pronotum and head are dark blue-green. It has giant prominent compound eyes, large jaws and pale colored hairs on the abdomen and legs.
Distribution
This species occurs in Thailand and Malaysia.
References
- Universal Biological Indexer
- William Jardine The naturalist's library