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Derocrania

Derocrania is a genus of tiger beetles. There are about 16 described species in Derocrania, found in India and Sri Lanka.

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Derocrania
Derocrania dembickyi, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Collyridini
Subtribe: Tricondylina
Genus: Derocrania
Chaudoir, 1861
Subgenera
  • Derocrania Chaudoir, 1861
  • Neoderocrania Naviaux, 2002
Synonyms
  • Neoderocrania Naviaux, 2002

Derocrania is a genus of tiger beetles. There are about 16 described species in Derocrania, found in India and Sri Lanka.123

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Derocrania:

  • Derocrania agnes (W.Horn, 1905) (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania brevicollis (W.Horn, 1905) (India)
  • Derocrania concinna Chaudoir, 1861 (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania dembickyi Naviaux & J.Moravec, 2001 (India)
  • Derocrania flavicornis W.Horn, 1892 (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania fusiformis (W.Horn, 1904) (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania gibbiceps Chaudoir, 1861 (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania halyi (W.Horn, 1900) (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania honorei Fleutiaux, 1894 (India)
  • Derocrania intricatorugulosa (W.Horn, 1942) (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania jaechi Naviaux, 2002 (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania longesulcata (W.Horn, 1900) (India)
  • Derocrania nematodes (Schaum, 1863) (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania nietneri (Motschulsky, 1860) (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania schaumi W.Horn, 1892 (Sri Lanka)
  • Derocrania scitiscabra (Walker, 1859) (Sri Lanka)
References

References

  1. "GBIF, Derocrania". Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. "Catalogue of Life, Derocrania Chaudoir, 1861". Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  3. 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.
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