Cheilonycha auripennis
| Cheilonycha auripennis | |
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| Bicolored Mound-dwelling Tiger Beetle (Cheilonycha auripennis) at Parque Nacional das Emas, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Cheilonycha |
| Species: | C. auripennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheilonycha auripennis (Lucas, 1857) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cheilonycha auripennis, the bicolored mound-dwelling tiger beetle, is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil.[1]
Adults have been observed sheltering inside termite mounds at night and during the day when it is hot. Larvae make burrows in the surface of termite mounds.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Cheilonycha auripennis auripennis (Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil)
- Cheilonycha auripennis chiquitosiana J.Moravec, 2019 (Bolivia)
References
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