| Derocrania longesulcata | |
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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. longesulcata
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| Binomial name | |
| Derocrania longesulcata W.Horn, 1900
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Derocrania longesulcata is a species of tiger beetle endemic to Western Ghats of India. It was described from Madikeri.12
Description
It has a shiny black body and around 9 to 11.5 mm long. The thorax is longer and narrower. The elytra is wider than pronotum. While running like an ant it can emit a defensive chemical.34 The male of this species differs from Derocrania honorei by having a smaller head and flatter forehead.3
References
References
- Deutsche Entomologische Gesellschaft.; Gesellschaft, Deutsche Entomologische; Stettin, Entomologischer Verein in; National-Museum (Germany), Deutsches Entomologisches; Berlin, Zoologisches Museum in; Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu (1900). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. Vol. Jahrg.[44] (1900). Berlin: Nicolai'sche Verlags-Buchandlung. p. 194.
- "Derocrania (Neoderocrania) longesulcata (W.Horn, 1900)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
- Fowler, W. W. (1912). Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Vol. Coleoptera [Cicindelidae-Paussidae] (1912). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 284.
- 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.