''Cicindela goryi'' is a species of
tiger beetle
Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, ''Rivacindela hudsoni'', can run at a speed of , or about 125 body lengths per second. ...
from southern India. It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the closely related ''
Cicindela aurofasciata''.
Unlike in ''Cicindela aurofasciata'', ''goryi'' has the two yellow elytral bands broad and fused to form a cross. They have a wider distribution and are found in the plains of peninsular India unlike ''aurofasciata'' which is found in the Western Ghats.
The name ''goryi'' derives from the collections of
H. L. Gory from which
Maximilien Chaudoir
Maximilien Chaudoir, or Maximilien, baron de Chaudoir, (12 September 1816, Ivnitsa, near Zhitomir – 6 May 1881, Amélie-les-Bains) was a Russian entomologist. He was a specialist in Coleoptera and in particular the Carabidae. His Cicindelida ...
described the species.
References
Insects described in 1852
Goryi
Beetles of Asia
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