Chaetodera laetescripta

Chaetodera laetescripta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Chaetodera
Species:
C. laetescripta
Binomial name
Chaetodera laetescripta
(Motschulsky, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Cicindela laetescripta Motschulsky, 1860
  • Cicindela circumpictula W.Horn, 1938
  • Cicindela kiushuensis Mandl, 1981
  • Cicindela semenowi Dokhtouroff, 1887

Chaetodera laetescripta is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in China, South Korea, Japan, Russia and Mongolia.[1]

Adults exhibit variation in elytral colour pattern, to match the colour of the sand in their habitat.[2]

Subspecies

  • Chaetodera laetescripta laetescripta (China, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Mongolia)
  • Chaetodera laetescripta circumpictula (W.Horn, 1938) (Japan)
  • Chaetodera laetescripta kiushuensis (Mandl, 1981) (Japan)

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of Life: Chaetodera laetescripta
  2. ^ Evolutionary fine-tuning of background-matching camouflage among geographical populations in the sandy beach tiger beetle
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