Ctenostoma jekelii
| Ctenostoma jekelii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Ctenostoma |
| Species: | C. jekelii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenostoma jekelii Chevrolat, 1858
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Ctenostoma jekelii is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in French Guiana and Brazil,[1] where it inhabits lowland rainforests.
Adults are brachypterous and have been recorded preying on small arboreal arthropods.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Ctenostoma jekelii jekelii (French Guiana, Brazil) - Jekel's comb-mouthed beetle
- Ctenostoma jekelii raresculptum W.Horn, 1898 (Brazil) - rare-sculptured comb-mouthed beetle