Physodeutera is a genus of Tiger Beetles endemic to Madagascar. There are more than 60 described species in Physodeutera.[1][2][3]

Physodeutera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Dromicina
Genus: Physodeutera
Lacordaire, 1843
Subgenera
  • Axinomera Jeannel, 1946
  • Coeliphora Rivalier, 1967
  • Diarrhiza Jeannel, 1946
  • Homospila Rivalier, 1967
  • Microlepidia Rivalier, 1967
  • Minideutera J.Moravec, 2002
  • Physodeutera Lacordaire, 1843
  • Toxoma Rivalier, 1967

Species edit

These 69 species belong to the genus Physodeutera:

References edit

  1. ^ "Physodeutera Lacordaire, 1843". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Moravec, J; Brzoska, D; Vybíral, J (2021). "New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles-21. Physodeutera (Microlepidia) propripenis sp. nov., Ph. (M.) marginemaculata (W. Horn) and Ph. (M.) peyrierasi Rivalier (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". Zootaxa. 4941. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4941.1.2. PMID 33756947.