Cheilonycha auripennis | |
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Bicolored Mound-dwelling Tiger Beetle (Cheilonycha auripennis) at Parque Nacional das Emas, Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Adephaga |
Family: | Cicindelidae |
Genus: | Cheilonycha |
Species: | C. auripennis |
Binomial name | |
Cheilonycha auripennis (Lucas, 1857) | |
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Cheilonycha auripennis, the bicolored mound-dwelling tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. [1]
Adults have been observed sheltering inside termite mounds at night and during the day when it is hot. Larvae make burrows in the surface of termite mounds. [2]