Myriochila fastidiosa is a species of tiger beetle found across India and Sri Lanka. The head and pronotum are greenish or coppery and the elytra vary from greenish bronze to coppery. The markings are yellowish. The legs are pale coloured. They are found in open forest and grassland.[1]

Myriochila fastidiosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Myriochila
Species:
M. fastidiosa
Binomial name
Myriochila fastidiosa
(Dejean, 1825)

References edit

  1. ^ Pearson, David L.; Wiesner, Juergen; Acciavatti, R.E.; Uniyal, V.P.; Anichtchenko, Alexander (2020). A field guide to the tiger beetles of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh. pp. 197–198.