Anthia tatumana

Anthia tatumana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Anthia
Species: A. tatumana
Binomial name
Anthia tatumana
White, 1846

Anthia tatumana is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Anthiinae.[1] It was described by the zoologist Adam White in 1846.[2]

This species is about one inch long and resembles both Anthia Caillaudii and Cypholoba macilenta.[2][3] It is black with a white stripe (called a vitta) extending from the head to the elytra, where there are two white lunulated spots. It is named after Thomas Tatum of St George’s Hospital.[2]

This species is also sometimes categorized as being in the genus Cypholoba instead of the genus Anthia.[4]

References

  1. "Genus Anthia Weber, 1801". Carabidae of the World. 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Methuen, Henry. Life in the Wilderness: Or, Wanderings in South Africa, pp. 357-358 (R. Bentley 1848).
  3. According to GlobalSpecies.org, Cypholoba macilenta has the following synonyms: Anthia dregei; Anthia exarata; Anthia foveata; Anthia macilenta; Carabus macilentus; Cypholoba bennettii; Cypholoba dregei; Cypholoba exarata; Cypholoba foveata; Polyhirma bennettii; Polyhirma foveata; Polyhirma macilenta.
  4. Hackel, Martin and Farkac, Jan. "A checklist of the subfamily Anthiinae Bonelli, 1813 of the World", Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series 9 (2), pp. 261-366 (2013).
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