Jansenia westermanni
| Jansenia westermanni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Jansenia |
| Species: | J. westermanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Jansenia westermanni Schaum, 1861 | |
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Jansenia westermanni is species of tiger beetle endemic to South India.[1][2][3]
Description
A beetle with a 10-11 mm long body with a copper colored head and pronotum it is found in open fields and lower altitude scrub forest floors. It has a oval shaped elytra with a medium-sized yellow spot at mid-margin and larger spot at the rear of the elytra. It is a flightless beetle and when threatened runs for the cover under the forest floor.[2][4]
References
- ^ Scfiaum, H (1861). "Eine Decade neuer Cicindeliden aus dem tropischen Asien" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift (in German). 5 (1B): 75.
- ^ a b 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. 144. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.
- ^ "Jansenia westermanni (Schaum, 1861)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-05-27.
- ^ Fowler, W. W (1912). Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Vol. Coleoptera [Cicindelidae-Paussidae] (1912). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 332.