Ctenostoma agnatum

Ctenostoma agnatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Ctenostoma
Species:
C. agnatum
Binomial name
Ctenostoma agnatum
Chaudoir, 1861

Ctenostoma agnatum is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in Ecuador, Peru and western Brazil.[1] Its habitat consists of primary forests.

Adults are medium-sized (10.5-11 mm). They are ant-like, with a shiny dark brown to black head and pronotum. The elytra are black with yellow patches and bands.

Adults are brachypterous.[2] When in danger, adults roll themselves up and let themselves fall to the ground, where they lie still.[3]

Subspecies

  • Ctenostoma agnatum agnatum (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil) - small-jawed comb-mouthed beetle
  • Ctenostoma agnatum fuscum Naviaux, 1998 (Peru) - somber comb-mouthed beetle

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of Life: Ctenostoma agnatum
  2. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
  3. ^ The Tiger Beetles of Ecuador: Their Identification, Distribution And Natural History (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
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