Calochroa

Calochroa is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Cicindelidae. Some authors treat them within the broader genus Cicindela. The genus as used in 2020 shows polyphyly with Calochroa species forming two clades with one clade being a sister to the genus Lophyra and another being a sister to the genus Hipparidium.[1]

Calochroa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Calochroa
Hope, 1838
Type species
Cicindela octonotata
Wiedemann, 1819

Nearly 33 species are known with a distribution in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, to Southeast Asia. Some species in the genus include:

  • Calochroa anometallescens (Horn, 1893)
  • Calochroa bicolor (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Calochroa bramani (Dokhtouroff, 1882)
  • Calochroa brancuccii Wiesner, 2013
  • Calochroa carissima (Fleutiaux, 1919)
  • Calochroa crucigera Hope, 1838,1989
  • Calochroa elegantula (Dokhtouroff, 1882)
  • Calochroa flavomaculata (Hope, 1831)
  • Calochroa fumikoae Wiesner & Phyu, 2019
  • Calochroa hamiltoniana (J. Thomson, 1857)
  • Calochroa harmandi (Fleurtiaux, 1893)
  • Calochroa holzschuhi Wiesner, 2012
  • Calochroa horii Wiesner & Phyu, 2019
  • Calochroa interruptofasciata (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846)
  • Calochroa moraveci Sawada & Wiesner, 1999
  • Calochroa pseudosiamensis (Horn, 1913)
  • Calochroa salvazai (Fleutiaux, 1919)
  • Calochroa whithillii Hope, 1838

References

  1. Gough, Harlan M.; Duran, Daniel P.; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Toussaint, Emmanuel F.A. (2019). "A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae): Molecular phylogeny of Cicindelinae". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 305–321. doi:10.1111/syen.12324. S2CID 54046862.
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