Cicindela goryi is a species of tiger beetle from southern India. It was earlier treated as a subspecies of the closely related Cicindela aurofasciata.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Genus: | Cicindela |
| Species: | C. goryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cicindela goryi Chaudoir, 1852
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| Synonyms | |
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Cicindela pochoni Mandl, 1959 | |
Unlike in Cicindela aurofasciata, goryi has the two yellow elytral bands broad and fused to form a cross. They have a wider distribution and are found in the plains of peninsular India unlike aurofasciata which is found in the Western Ghats.[2]
The name goryi derives from the collections of H. L. Gory from which[3] Maximilien Chaudoir described the species.[4]
References edit
- ^ Mawdsley, Jonathan R. (2010). "Cladistic analysis of Cicindela Linnaeus 1758, subgenus Pancallia Rivalier 1961, a lineage of tiger beetles from southern India (Coleoptera Cicindelidae)". Tropical Zoology. 23 (2): 195–204.
- ^ Pearson, David L.; Wiesner, Jürgen; Acciavatti, Robert E. Acciavatti; Uniyal, V. P.; Anichtchenko, Alexander (2020). A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles of India: Identification and Biology of the Cicindelidae. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. p. 108. ISBN 9788121109338.
- ^ Basilewsky, P. (1982). "Baron Maximilien de Chaudoir (1816-1881)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 36 (3): 462–474. ISSN 0010-065X.
- ^ de Chaudoir, Baron M. (1852). "Mémoire sur la famille des carabiques". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 25: 3–4.
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