Ctenostoma jekelii

Ctenostoma jekelii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Ctenostoma
Species:
C. jekelii
Binomial name
Ctenostoma jekelii
Chevrolat, 1858

Ctenostoma jekelii is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in French Guiana and Brazil,[1] where it inhabits lowland rainforests.

Adults are brachypterous and have been recorded preying on small arboreal arthropods.[2]

Subspecies

  • Ctenostoma jekelii jekelii (French Guiana, Brazil) - Jekel's comb-mouthed beetle
  • Ctenostoma jekelii raresculptum W.Horn, 1898 (Brazil) - rare-sculptured comb-mouthed beetle

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of Life: Ctenostoma jekelii
  2. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
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