Cicindela interrupta

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Cicindela

| species = interrupta

| display_parents = 4

| authority = Fabricius, 1775

| synonyms =

Cicindela (Hipparidium) interrupta Fabricius, 1775

}}

File:Carabidae_-_Cicindela_interrupta.JPG

Cicindela interrupta is a beetle of the family Cicindelidae.{{Cite journal| title = Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships| last1 = Duran | first1 = Daniel P.| last2 = Gough | first2 = Harlan M.| journal = Systematic Entomology| volume = 45| issue = 4| date = 2020| doi = 10.1111/syen.12440| doi-access = free}}

Description

Its head, pronotum, and elytra are dark brown, with yellow markings on the elytra. It has large, prominent, compound eyes and large jaws.

Distribution

This species occurs in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

References

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{{Cite web| title=Cicindela interrupta Fabricius, 1775

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5Z4SJ

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2023-04-09

}}

{{Cite web

| access-date = 2023-03-04

| title = Carabcat Database

| date = 2021

| last1 = Lorenz | first1 = Wolfgang

| volume = 5| issue = 2

| url = http://www.carabidfauna2.net/

| doi = 10.48580/dfqf-3dk| doi-access = free

}}

[http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=1017902 Universal Biological Indexer]

External links

[https://archive.today/20121222225813/http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=all&searchTerm=139819&mdaCode=GLAHM Hunterian Museum]

interrupta

Category:Beetles described in 1775

Category:Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius