Neocollyris smaragdina
Neocollyris smaragdina is a species of ground beetle in the genus Neocollyris in the family Carabidae. It was described by Horn in 1894.[1]
| Neocollyris smaragdina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Neocollyris |
| Species: | N. smaragdina |
| Binomial name | |
| Neocollyris smaragdina (Horn, 1894) | |
N. smaragdina was depicted in the 1912 book "Coleoptera: General Introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae" by entomologist William Weekes Fowler[2][3] and described as "very closely allied to N. saphyrina" but on average larger, and having a more narrow pronotum.[4]
References
- "Neocollyris W. Horn, 1901". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- Fowler, William Weekes (1912). Coleoptera: General Introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Taylor & Francis.
- Fowler, W. W. (1977). Coleoptera: general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. New Delhi: Today & Tomorrow's Printers.
- Internet Archive Book Images (1912-01-01), Image from page 281 of "Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae" (1912), retrieved 2020-08-15
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