Jansenia

Jansenia
Jansenia venus (Western Ghats, India)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Cicindelidae
Tribe:	Cicindelini
Subtribe:	Cicindelina
Genus:	Jansenia Chaudoir, 1865

Jansenia is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least 40 species in the genus, all of which are found only in South Asian region, with several endemic to India and Sri Lanka. The genus is characterized on the basis of the male genitalia. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

Chaudoir erected the genus name honoring Edward Wesley Janson, the secretary of the Entomological Society of London who gave him the first specimen Jansenia westermanni, the type species of the genus. ^{[3] [4]}

Species

These 40 species belong to the genus Jansenia: ^[1]

• Jansenia applanata (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia azureocincta (Bates, 1878) (India)
• Jansenia bangalorensis Cassola & Werner, 2003 (India)
• Jansenia biundata Naviaux, 2010 (India)
• Jansenia chlorida (Chaudoir, 1865) (India)
• Jansenia chloropleura (Chaudoir, 1865) (Nepal, Bhutan, and India)
• Jansenia choriodista (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia cirrhidia (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (Sri Lanka)
• Jansenia corrugatosa (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia corticata (Putzeys, 1875) (Sri Lanka)
• Jansenia crassipalpis (W.Horn, 1908) (India)
• Jansenia cratera (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia dasiodes (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia fusissima (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia grossula (W.Horn, 1925) (India)
• Jansenia indica (Fleutiaux, 1894) (India)
• Jansenia laeticolor (W.Horn, 1904) (Sri Lanka)
• Jansenia legnotia (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia motschulskyana (W.Horn, 1915) (India)
• Jansenia myanmarensis Wiesner, 2004 (Myanmar)
• Jansenia nathanorum Cassola & Werner, 2003 (India)
• Jansenia ostrina (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia phyuae Wiesner & Hori, 2019 (Myanmar)
• Jansenia plagatima (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia prothymoides (W.Horn, 1908) (India)
• Jansenia psarodea (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia pseudodromica (W.Horn, 1932) (India)
• Jansenia reticulella (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia rostrulla (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia rugosiceps (Chaudoir, 1865) (India)
• Jansenia sandurica (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia semisetigerosa (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia stellata (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (Sri Lanka)
• Jansenia stuprata (W.Horn, 1909) (India)
• Jansenia tetragrammica (Chaudoir, 1865) (India)
• Jansenia tetrastacta (Wiedemann, 1823) (Nepal and India)
• Jansenia venus (W.Horn, 1907) (India)
• Jansenia vestiplicatica (Acciavatti & Pearson, 1989) (India)
• Jansenia viridicincta (W.Horn, 1894) (India)
• Jansenia westermanni (Schaum, 1861) (Sri Lanka and India)

References

1. "Jansenia Chaudoir, 1865". 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 .
3. Chaudoir, M. de; Chaudoir, M. de (1865). Catalogue de la collection de Cicindélètes de M. le baron de Chaudoir. Bruxelles: Impr. J. Nys. p. 53.
4. "The Jansons, a family of Entomologists | History Entomology". www.collector-secret.com. Retrieved 2025-05-26.