Physodeutera

Physodeutera is a genus of Tiger Beetles endemic to Madagascar. There are more than 60 described species in Physodeutera.^[1][2][3]

Physodeutera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cicindelidae
Tribe:	Cicindelini
Subtribe:	Dromicina
Genus:	Physodeutera Lacordaire, 1843
Subgenera
Axinomera Jeannel, 1946 Coeliphora Rivalier, 1967 Diarrhiza Jeannel, 1946 Homospila Rivalier, 1967 Microlepidia Rivalier, 1967 Minideutera J.Moravec, 2002 Physodeutera Lacordaire, 1843 Toxoma Rivalier, 1967

Species

These 69 species belong to the genus Physodeutera:

• Physodeutera adonis (Laporte, 1835)
• Physodeutera alluaudi (Fleutiaux, 1903)
• Physodeutera andriai (Rivalier, 1965)
• Physodeutera antsalovensis J.Moravec, 1999
• Physodeutera apicesignata J.Moravec, 1998
• Physodeutera belalonensis Deuve, 1987
• Physodeutera bellula (Fleutiaux, 1886)
• Physodeutera biguttula (Fairmaire, 1903)
• Physodeutera boraensis J.Moravec, 2000
• Physodeutera breviformis (W.Horn, 1904)
• Physodeutera bucephala (W.Horn, 1900)
• Physodeutera cassolai J.Moravec, 2002
• Physodeutera catalai (Jeannel, 1946)
• Physodeutera centropunctata (W.Horn, 1934)
• Physodeutera consimilis J.Moravec, 2002
• Physodeutera conturbata J.Moravec, 2002
• Physodeutera cyanea (Audouin & Brullé, 1839)
• Physodeutera debilis Rivalier, 1967
• Physodeutera didysilvae Cassola & Andriamampianina, 2001
• Physodeutera dorri (Fleutiaux, 1899)
• Physodeutera dubia (Maran, 1942)
• Physodeutera fairmairei (W.Horn, 1899)
• Physodeutera flagellicornis (W.Horn, 1897)
• Physodeutera gigantea (W.Horn, 1913)
• Physodeutera horimichioi J.Moravec & Razanajaonarivalona, 2015
• Physodeutera janthina (Fairmaire, 1903)
• Physodeutera kamilmoraveci J.Moravec, 2004
• Physodeutera komorousi (Maran, 1942)
• Physodeutera lateralis (Olsoufieff, 1934)
• Physodeutera lobicornis J.Moravec, 2000
• Physodeutera longilabialis J.Moravec, 2000
• Physodeutera marginemaculata (W.Horn, 1934)
• Physodeutera maxima (Fleutiaux, 1899)
• Physodeutera megalommoides (W.Horn, 1896)
• Physodeutera minima (W.Horn, 1893)
• Physodeutera mocquerysi (Fleutiaux, 1899)
• Physodeutera murzini J.Moravec, 2004
• Physodeutera natalia (W.Horn, 1934)
• Physodeutera parcepunctata (Jeannel, 1946)
• Physodeutera perroti Rivalier, 1967
• Physodeutera peyrierasi Rivalier, 1967
• Physodeutera pokornyi (Maran, 1942)
• Physodeutera propripenis J.Moravec; Brzoska & Vybiral, 2021
• Physodeutera pseudorubescens Deuve, 1987
• Physodeutera pseudotrimaculata (W.Horn, 1934)
• Physodeutera punctipennis (Fairmaire, 1903)
• Physodeutera punctum (Rivalier, 1951)
• Physodeutera ranomafanensis J.Moravec, 2002
• Physodeutera rectipenis (W.Horn, 1934)
• Physodeutera rectolabialis (W.Horn, 1913)
• Physodeutera rubescens (Jeannel, 1946)
• Physodeutera rufosignata (Audouin & Brullé, 1839)
• Physodeutera sikorai (W.Horn, 1896)
• Physodeutera skrabali J.Moravec, 1999
• Physodeutera sobrina Rivalier, 1967
• Physodeutera subrufosignata J.Moravec, 2002
• Physodeutera subtilevelutina (W.Horn, 1934)
• Physodeutera sulcoprothoracica (W.Horn, 1914)
• Physodeutera taniae J.Moravec, 2002
• Physodeutera tricolorata (W.Horn, 1934)
• Physodeutera trimaculata (Fleutiaux, 1899)
• Physodeutera truncatipenis J.Moravec, 2002
• Physodeutera umbrosa Rivalier, 1967
• Physodeutera uncifera (Jeannel, 1946)
• Physodeutera uniguttata (Fairmaire, 1871)
• Physodeutera vadoni (Rivalier, 1951)
• Physodeutera virgulata (Fairmaire, 1904)
• Physodeutera viridicyanea (Audouin & Brullé, 1839)
• Physodeutera vybirali J.Moravec, 2000

References

1. "Physodeutera Lacordaire, 1843". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
2. Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.
3. Moravec, J; Brzoska, D; Vybíral, J (2021). "New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles-21. Physodeutera (Microlepidia) propripenis sp. nov., Ph. (M.) marginemaculata (W. Horn) and Ph. (M.) peyrierasi Rivalier (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". Zootaxa. 4941. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4941.1.2. PMID 33756947.