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Jansenia

Jansenia is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least 40 species in the genus, all of which are found only in South Asian region, with several endemic to India and Sri Lanka. The genus is characterized on the basis of the male genitalia.

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Jansenia
Jansenia venus (Western Ghats, India)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Cicindelina
Genus: Jansenia
Chaudoir, 1865

Jansenia is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least 40 species in the genus, all of which are found only in South Asian region, with several endemic to India and Sri Lanka. The genus is characterized on the basis of the male genitalia.12

Etymology

Chaudoir erected the genus name honoring Edward Wesley Janson, the secretary of the Entomological Society of London who gave him the first specimen Jansenia westermanni, the type species of the genus.34

Species

These 40 species belong to the genus Jansenia:1

References

References

  1. "Jansenia Chaudoir, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. 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): 723–729. Bibcode:2020SysEn..45..723D. doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
  3. Chaudoir, M. de; Chaudoir, M. de (1865). Catalogue de la collection de Cicindélètes de M. le baron de Chaudoir. Bruxelles: Impr. J. Nys. p. 53.
  4. "The Jansons, a family of Entomologists | History Entomology". www.collector-secret.com. Retrieved 2025-05-26.