Protocollyris pacholatkoi
| Protocollyris pacholatkoi | |
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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: | Protocollyris |
| Species: | P. pacholatkoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Protocollyris pacholatkoi Naviaux, 2003
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Protocollyris pacholatkoi is a species of tiger beetle endemic to India found and described from the Nilgiri hills in India.[1][2]
Description
[edit]A black colored beetle with body length between 6.6 and 9 mm, it closely resembles Protocollyris nilgiriensis and both were found in similar habitat. Compared to Protocollyris nilgiriensis it has shorter pronotum, longer antennae.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Naviaux, Roger (2003). "Diagnoses de trois Collyris (s. lato) de l'Inde du Sud (Col., Cicindelidae)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 108 (4): 404–404. doi:10.3406/bsef.2003.16989.
- ^ "Protocollyris pacholatkoi Naviaux, 2003". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
- ^ Pearson, David L.; Wiesner, Jürgen; Acciavatti, Robert; Uniyal, V.P.; Anichtchenko, Alexandre (2020). A field guide to tiger beetles of India: identification and biology of the Cicindelidae. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 38. ISBN 978-81-211-0933-8.
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