''Habrodera nilotica'' is a beetle of the

Cicindelidae 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. ...

Description

''Habrodera nilotica'' is a small-bodied species, reaching about in length. Elytra are orange-yellow win greenish markings. Pronotum has greenish reflections.

Distribution

This widespread species occurs in

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

and in the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

. It is usually found on sandy banks of rivers and lakes.

References

Universal Biological Indexer

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Fauna europaea

External links

Cicindelidae Beetles described in 1825 {{Cicindelidae-stub