Chaetodera blanchardi ( Fairmaire 1882 )

Mawdsley, Jonathan R., 2011, Taxonomy, identification, and phylogeny of the African and Madagascan species of the tiger beetle genus Chaetodera Jeannel 1946 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), Insecta Mundi 2011 (191), pp. 1-13 : 6

Chaetodera blanchardi ( Fairmaire 1882)

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Cicindela blanchardi Fairmaire (1882: 4)

Type material. Syntype male, labeled “Ouarsanguelis” and “Mus. Paris/ Somali /Révoil.-1881” ( DEIC, examined).

Diagnosis. Length 12.0-14.0 mm. Dorsal coloration as shown in Figure 10 . This species is easily distinguished from all other species of Chaetodera by its unique elytral color pattern and the presence of large, black punctures on the elytral disc ( Figure 10 ).

Material examined. SOMALIA: (1 male, 1 female, CMNH) ; 4 km SW of Garoowe , 23.V.1979 (1 male, 1 female, NMNH) .

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Figures 1-15. Dorsal habitus images of Afrotropical Chaetodera species. 1) C. antatsima, syntype male, Madagascar Sud, Bassin du Mandraré. 2) C. antatsima, syntype female of C. antatsima var. fotsy, Mananpatra, Madagascar. 3) C. perrieri, male, Analaleva, Madagascar. 4) C. perrieri, syntype male, Madagascar. 5) C. andriana, syntype female, Madagascar (Sud), Bassin du Mandraré. 6) C. andriana, female, Ambositra, Madagascar. 7) C. maheva, syntype male, without locality label. 8) C. maheva, female, Majunga, Madagascar. 9) C. maheva, female, Maevatanana, Madagascar. 10) C. blanchardi, syntype male, Ouarsanguelis, Somalia. 11) C. regalis, male, Senegal. 12) C. regalis, female, Tana-Galla, Kenya. 13) C. regalis, paratype male of C. regalis bremeri Mandl, El Geneina, Darfur, Sudan. 14-15) Adult males of C. regalis photographed on sandbars of the Sabie River, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Figures 16-17. Distribution of Chaetodera species in Africa and Madagascar. 16) Distribution of C. antatsima (dark circles), C. perrieri (dark triangles), and C. blanchardi (dark squares). 17) Distribution of C. andriana (open circles), C. maheva (open stars), and C. regalis (dark stars).