Tiger beetles (coleoptera: cicindelidae) deposited in the museum of invertebrates g. B. Fairchild, with comments about their diversity in Panama

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Roberto A. Cambra
Alonso Santos Murgas
Yostin J. Añino

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We provide a checklist of tiger beetles (Cicindelidae) deposited in the collection of the Museum of Invertebrates G. B. Fairchild, University of Panama. Currently, in the collection are housed 16 genera and 100 species. Te collection includes paratypes of the following six species or subspecies: Cicindela oaxacensis Johnson, 1994, Cicindelidia aurora candelarensis (Johnson), Odontocheila tawahka Johnson, 1996, Tetracha panamensis (Johnson, 1991), Tetracha huberi (Johnson, 1991) and Tetracha nicaraguensis (Johnson, 1993). First records from Panama are the following fve species: Opilidia graphiptera (Dejean, 1831), Opilidia pilosipes (W. Horn, 1925), Cicindelidia roseiventris linearis (W. Horn, 1905), Cicindelidia papillosa (Chaudoir, 1854) and Tetracha angustata. Photographs of some paratype specimens are included and the diversity of cicindelids in Panama is discussed.

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Colecciones Zoológicas

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Tiger beetles (coleoptera: cicindelidae) deposited in the museum of invertebrates g. B. Fairchild, with comments about their diversity in Panama. (2023). Poeyana, 514, https://cu-id.com/2403/n514e01. https://www.revistasgeotech.com.edicionescervantes.com/index.php/poey/article/view/440

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