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Prothymidia

Prothymidia is a genus in the Tiger Beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about seven described species in Prothymidia, found in Africa.

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Prothymidia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Cicindelina
Genus: Prothymidia
Rivalier, 1957

Prothymidia is a genus in the Tiger Beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about seven described species in Prothymidia, found in Africa.12

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Prothymidia:

  • Prothymidia angusticollis (Boheman, 1848)
  • Prothymidia foveicollis (W.Horn, 1913)
  • Prothymidia gemmiprivata (W.Horn, 1914)
  • Prothymidia kehmiini Werner, 2003
  • Prothymidia putzeysi (W.Horn, 1900)
  • Prothymidia sibyllae Schüle, 2003
  • Prothymidia vuilletorum (W.Horn, 1914)
References

References

  1. "Prothymidia Rivalier, 1957". 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.