| Derocrania honorei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Derocrania |
| Species: | D. honorei
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| Binomial name | |
| Derocrania honorei Fleutiaux, 1894
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Derocrania honorei is a species of tiger beetle endemic to the south of the Western Ghats of India.12
Description
The body is shiny black and around 11-12 mm with large head with slight excavation. The males have larger pronotum and have more excavation between eyes compared to females. The hind part has a central line and elytra is narrow in the front. It has red legs with black tarsi.3
References
References
- Pearson, David L.; Wiesner, Jürgen; Acciavatti, Robert; Uniyal, V.P.; Anichtchenko, Alexandre (2020). A field guide to tiger beetles of India: identification and biology of the Cicindelidae. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 35. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.
- "Derocrania honorei". iNaturalist. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- Fowler, W. W.; Fowler, W. W (1912). Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Vol. Coleoptera [Cicindelidae-Paussidae] (1912). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 283.