Cicindela interrupta

Cicindela interrupta
Cicindela interrupta from Republic of the Congo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Carabinae
Genus: Cicindela
Species: C. interrupta
Binomial name
Cicindela interrupta
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
  • Cicindela (Hipparidium) interrupta Fabricius, 1775

Cicindela interrupta is a beetle of the Carabidae family.

Description

Head, pronotum and elytra are dark brown, with yellow marking on elytra. It has giant prominent compound eyes and large jaws.

Distribution

This species occurs in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

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