Cephalota elegans

Cephalota elegans is a species in the tiger beetle family Cicindelidae. It is found in eastern Europe and western Asia, in the European-Siberian steppe.[2][3][4]

Cephalota elegans
Illustration from the monograph by Georgiy Jacobson “Beetles Russia and the Western Europe” (1905).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cephalota
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cephalota elegans
Synonyms

Cicindela elegans Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785[1]

Body length is 12–15 mm. The top is copper or bronze-green with a white pattern on the elytra. The legs and underparts have a metallic sheen. The head has powerful long jagged mandibles. The beetles and larvae are typically diurnal predators. They fly well and run fast.

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Cephalota elegans:

  • Cephalota elegans brunnea (Putchkov, 1993) (Ukraine)
  • Cephalota elegans elegans (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823) (Kazakhstan and Russia)
  • Cephalota elegans stigmatophora (Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) (Hungary, Ukraine, (former) Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Russia)
  • Cephalota elegans turkmenica (Putchkov, 1993) (Turkmenistan)

References
  1. Fourcroy, A. F. de 1785. Entomologia Parisiensis; sive catalogus insectorum quæ in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur; secundam methodam Geoffrœanam in sectiones, genera & species distributus: cui addita sunt nomina trivialia & fere trecentæ novæ species. Pars prima. - pp. I-VII [= 1-7], [1], 1-231. Parisiis. (Hôtel Serpente).
  2. "Cephalota elegans (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  3. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  4. Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.


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