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Cylindera ancistridia
Cylindera ancistridia is a species of tiger beetle endemic to India.
From the article Cylindera ancistridia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A beetle of 11 mm body length, it has a shiny copper colored head and pronotum. It has a copper-green elytra with a pattern. It can be differentiated by similar looking Cylindera agnata species by the pattern on elytra abruptly curving towards the base and a bigger body size. It was capture and descrived from the banks of Gaggar river in Punjab.
== References ==
In human culture
The species name is derived from Greek word "ancistr" (ἄνκιστρον) which means "fish hook" referring to the fish hook like spot on the front shoulder of the beetle.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1629181.