Taxonomic changes among some tiger beetles from India (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae)
Author
Wiesner, Jürgen
Author
Anichtchenko, Alexander
text
Baltic Journal of Coleopterology
2021
2021-09-30
21
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81
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.12520609
1407-8619
12520609
5.
Jansenia tetrastacta
(Wiedemann, 1823)
Cicindela tetrastacta
Wiedemann, 1823
Jansenia tetrastacta delhiensis
Matalin & Anichtchenko, 2012
new synonymy
The subspecies
J. t. delhiensis
Matalin and Anichtchenko, 2012 was described on the basis of
17 specimens
collected in
Central Ridge Reserve Forest
(
New
Delhi
City
).
The
main features distinguishing it from the nominotypical subspecies were a lack of or indistinct small middle spots on the elytra, unicolored pale inner surface of hind femora, and more transverse labrum in males, i. e. 1.7–2.3 (1.9) times as wide as long in
J. t. delhiensis
compared to 1.6–1.8 (1.7) times as wide as long in
J. tetrastacta
s. str.
The
study of
additional material
, and re-study of
type
series of
J. t. delhiensis
, established that these characters are highly variable, and are found throughout other populations (
Figs 12-14
). New synonymy is proposed here
.