| Caledonica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Cicindelini |
| Subtribe: | Dromicina |
| Genus: | Caledonica Chaudoir, 1861 |
Caledonica is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are about 16 described species in Caledonica, found in New Caledonia. [1] [2]
These 16 species belong to the genus Caledonica:
Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, Rivacindela hudsoni, can run at a speed of 9 km/h, or about 125 body lengths per second. As of 2005, about 2,600 species and subspecies were known, with the richest diversity in the Oriental (Indo-Malayan) region, followed by the Neotropics. While historically treated as a subfamily of ground beetles (Carabidae) under the name Cicindelinae, several studies since 2020 indicated that they should be treated as a family, the Cicindelidae, which are a sister group to Carabidae within the Adephaga.
Cicindela, commonly known as common tiger beetles, are generally brightly colored and metallic beetles, often with some sort of patterning of ivory or cream-colored markings. They are most abundant and diverse in habitats very often near bodies of water with sandy or occasionally clay soils; they can be found along rivers, sea and lake shores, sand dunes, around dry lakebeds, on clay banks, or woodland paths.
Derocrania is a genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the following species:
Megacephala is a small genus of beetles in the family Cicindelidae restricted to Africa; it was formerly a much larger genus, but its constituent species have been subsequently placed in other genera, primarily Tetracha, but also Grammognatha, Metriocheila, Phaeoxantha, and Pseudotetracha.
Prothyma is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 40 described species in Prothyma.
Lecanomerus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Lecanomerus.
Demetrida is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 100 described species in Demetrida.
Dromidea is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Perigona is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 170 described species in Perigona.
Abacomorphus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Sporades is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel in 1882. There are about 12 described species in Sporades, found in New Caledonia.
Neocollyris acrolia is a species of ground beetle in the genus Neocollyris in the family Cicindelidae. It was described by Chaudoir in 1860.
Neocollyris subclavata is a species in the tiger beetle family Cicindelidae. It was described by Chaudoir in 1860.
Nemaschema is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Lepturonota tristis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Xavier Montrouzier in 1861, originally under the genus Leptonota.
Cicindelini is a tribe of tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, containing the overwhelming majority of genera and species in the family. There are more than 90 genera and 2,000 described species in Cicindelini.
Pterostichini is a tribe of ground beetles in the subfamily Harpalinae. There are about 180 genera and more than 3,800 described species in Pterostichini.
Uloma is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are at least 50 described species in Uloma.
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