Tricondyla macrodera

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Tricondyla macrodera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Tricondyla
Species:
T. macrodera
Binomial name
Tricondyla macrodera
Chaudoir,1860

Tricondyla macrodera is a species of tiger beetle found in India,China and Burma. [1] [2]

Description

A beetle of 16 to 20 mm long brown and black body with a large head and prominent eyes. The basal joints and femora are red except for apex. The tibia and tarsi are black. Its labrum and mouth parts are usually brownish red. Two subspecies - Tricondyla macrodera subsp. abruptesculptaand Tricondyla macrodera subsp. birmanica were recorded from China and Mynamar. [2] [3]

In India it has been found in the forests of north-eastern Himalayas. It is an arboreal beetle spotted usually on tree trunks. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Fowler, W. W. (1912). Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Vol. Coleoptera [Cicindelidae-Paussidae] (1912). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 278.
  2. 1 2 3 Pearson, David L.; Wiesner, Jürgen; Acciavatti, Robert; Uniyal, V.P.; Anichtchenko, Alexandre (2020). A field guide to tiger beetles of India: identification and biology of the Cicindelidae. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 33. ISBN   978-81-211-0933-8.
  3. ↑ "Tricondyla macrodera Chaudoir, 1861". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
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