''Habrodera nitidula'' is a beetle of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

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 nitidula'' is a small-bodied species, reaching about in length.

Distribution

This species occurs 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 ...

(Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Angola.J. Wiesn
New records of tiger beetles from Gambia (Coleoptera)
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References

Universal Biological Indexer

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Cicindelidae Beetles described in 1825 {{Cicindelidae-stub