Coptodera championi

Coptodera championi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Coptodera
Species:	C. championi
Binomial name
	Coptodera championi; Bates, 1883

Last updated March 21, 2025

Coptodera championi is a ground beetle in the subfamily Lebiinae.^[1] It is known from Colombia, Panama,^[1]^[2] and Nicaragua.^[1]

Description

Males measure 7.3–8.9 mm (0.29–0.35 in) and females 6.8–8.8 mm (0.27–0.35 in) in body length. The head and pronotum are metallic green. The elytra are rufo-piceous to piceous and have greenish luster and testaceous markings. The lateral margins of pronotum and elytra have cyaneous luster.^[2]

References

1 2 3 "Coptodera (Coptodera) championi Bates, 1883". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
1 2 Shpeley, Danny & Ball, George Eugene (1993). "Classification, reconstructed phylogeny and geographical history of the New World species of Coptodera Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 124: 1–182 [45, Table II & III].

This Lebiinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[CoL-1] 1 2 3 "Coptodera (Coptodera) championi Bates, 1883". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 March 2025.

[Shpeley_and_Ball_1993-2] 1 2 Shpeley, Danny & Ball, George Eugene (1993). "Classification, reconstructed phylogeny and geographical history of the New World species of Coptodera Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 124: 1–182 [45, Table II & III].

[1]

[2]