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Distipsidera

Distipsidera is a genus of tiger beetles. There are about 12 described species in Distipsidera, found in Oceania.

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Distipsidera
Distipsidera, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Iresiina
Genus: Distipsidera
Westwood, 1837
Synonyms
  • Distypsidera Gemminger & Harold, 1868

Distipsidera is a genus of tiger beetles. There are about 12 described species in Distipsidera, found in Oceania.123

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Distipsidera:

  • Distipsidera eungellae McCairns; Freitag; Rose & McDonald, 1997 (Australia)
  • Distipsidera flavicans (Chaudoir, 1854) (Australia)
  • Distipsidera flavipes W.J.MacLeay, 1887 (Australia)
  • Distipsidera grutii Pascoe, 1862 (New Guinea, Australia)
  • Distipsidera hackeri Sloane, 1906 (Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia)
  • Distipsidera mastersii W.J.MacLeay, 1871 (Australia)
  • Distipsidera obscura Sloane, 1906 (Australia)
  • Distipsidera papuana Gestro, 1879 (New Guinea, Australia)
  • Distipsidera parva W.J.MacLeay, 1887 (Solomon Islands, Australia)
  • Distipsidera sericea Mjöberg, 1916 (Australia)
  • Distipsidera undulata Westwood, 1837 (Australia)
  • Distipsidera volitans W.J.MacLeay, 1863 (Australia)
References

References

  1. "GBIF, Distipsidera". Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. "Catalogue of Life, Distipsidera Westwood, 1837". 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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