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Cylindera collicia

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Cylindera collicia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Cylindera
Species:
C. collicia
Binomial name
Cylindera collicia
(Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989)

Cylindera collicia is a species of tiger beetle endemic to southern India. About 8 to 9.5 mm long, it is found in forested habitats in the Western Ghats. It is attracted to lights at night.

Cylindera collicia has been called the channel-headed tiger beetle and was once treated as a subspecies of Cylindera viridilabris but it has a distinctive head sculpturing. It is also closely related to Cylindera severini which has a distribution range extending further northwards. The pronotum is coppery brown and the sides are metallic green. The elytra are dark coppyer brown and there is an iridescent blue-green crescent at the shoulder and four whitish spots on each elytron. It is seen mainly in the summer prior to the monsoons.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Pearson, David L.; Wiesner, Jürgen; Acciavatti, Robert E. (2010). A field guide to the tiger beetles of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 181.