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| Illustration from the monograph by Georgiy Jacobson “Beetles Russia and the Western Europe” (1905). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Cephalota |
| Species: | C. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Cephalota elegans (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823)
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| Synonyms | |
Cephalota elegans is a species in the tiger beetle family Cicindelidae. It is found in eastern Europe and western Asia, in the European-Siberian steppe.[2][3][4]
Body length is 12–15 mm. The top is copper or bronze-green with a white pattern on the elytra. The legs and underparts have a metallic sheen. The head has powerful long jagged mandibles. The beetles and larvae are typically diurnal predators. They fly well and run fast.
Subspecies[edit]
These four subspecies belong to the species Cephalota elegans:
- Cephalota elegans brunnea (Putchkov, 1993) (Ukraine)
- Cephalota elegans elegans (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823) (Kazakhstan and Russia)
- Cephalota elegans stigmatophora (Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) (Hungary, Ukraine, (former) Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Russia)
- Cephalota elegans turkmenica (Putchkov, 1993) (Turkmenistan)
References[edit]
- ^ Fourcroy, A. F. de 1785. Entomologia Parisiensis; sive catalogus insectorum quæ in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur; secundam methodam Geoffrœanam in sectiones, genera & species distributus: cui addita sunt nomina trivialia & fere trecentæ novæ species. Pars prima. - pp. I-VII [= 1-7], [1], 1-231. Parisiis. (Hôtel Serpente).
- ^ "Cephalota elegans (Fischer von Waldheim, 1823)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.