Taxonomy, identification, and phylogeny of the African and Madagascan species of the tiger beetle genus Chaetodera Jeannel 1946 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
Author
Mawdsley, Jonathan R.
text
Insecta Mundi
2011
2011-09-02
2011
191
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5161214
1942-1354
5161214
Key to African and Madagascan Species of
Chaetodera
Jeannel
1. Femora iridescent coppery, rarely coppery with green sheen .....................................................
2
— Femora metallic bluish-black or violet-black, rarely entirely black ...........................................
4
2(1). Elytra almost entirely yellow, with an oblique black mark at base and numerous round black punctures on disc;
Somalia
...............................................
C. blanchardi
(
Fairmaire 1882
)
— Elytra ivory-white with black or brownish-black fasciae (bands), lacking numerous black punctures on disc;
Madagascar
.................................................................................................................
3
3(2). Dark elytral markings extending to lateral margin at one and usually two points, forming large oblique bands or stripes ............................................................
C. perrieri
(
Fairmaire 1897
)
— Dark elytral markings not extending to lateral margin, often reduced to a network of narrow lines on disc ..............................................................................
C. antatsima
(
Alluaud 1902
)
4(1). Yellow elytral markings narrow, strongly oblique (angled) ........................................................... ...............................................................................
C. maheva
(
Künckel d’Herculais 1887
)
— Yellow elytral markings broader and more transverse (running more directly across the width of the elytra), especially on apical half (the half closest to the tip) ..............................................
5
5(4). Dark elytral markings usually iridescent blue; yellow stripe along suture of elytra very short, not extending more than 1/3 the length of the elytra starting from the base; sub-Saharan Africa. ..........................................................................................................
C. regalis
(
Dejean 1831
)
— Dark elytral markings usually black; yellow stripe along suture of elytra much longer, extending more than 1/3 the length of the elytra starting at the base;
Madagascar
.................................. ..................................................................................................
C. andriana
(
Alluaud 1900
)