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Opilidia macrocnema

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Species of beetle

Opilidia macrocnema
In Costa Rica
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Opilidia
Species: O. macrocnema
Binomial name
Opilidia macrocnema
(Chaudoir, 1852)

Opilidia macrocnema is a species of tiger beetle first formally described in 1852 by Maximilien Chaudoir. It is found throughout northern Latin America, ranging from Mexico to Ecuador.

Biology

In Costa Rica, adult Opilidia macrocnema obliquans have been found to be active at a temperature range of "20.0-44.9°C and most active at 0800, 1400, and 1500 hours". They have been observed to spend "most of their time on wet sand within one meter of the water line", and can be found hunting small crustaceans, as well as "scavenging omnivorously".

References

  1. Lorenz, W. "Catalogue of Life". catalogueoflife.org. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ McLean, Celia. "Natural history and impact of human disturbance on the tiger beetle Opilidia macrocnema obliquans on Costa Rica's central Pacific coast" (PDF). acm.edu. Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Opilidia macrocnema
Cicindela macrocnema


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