Species Cicindela (Cylindera) discreta Schaum, 1863

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• Cicindela discreta Schaum, H.R. 1863. Contributions to the knowledge of the Cicindelidae of tropical Asia containing descriptions of new species, a list of those hitherto described, and synonymical notes. Journal of Entomology 2: 57-74 [59].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) DEIB, Mandano, Celebes (now Sulawesi).
• Cicindela froggatti Macleay, W.J. 1887. The insects of the Cairns district, northern Queensland. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2(2): 213-238 [Date published August 31, 1887: Second Series commenced 1886-87] [213].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 4 specimens, Mossman River, QLD; SAMA 2 specimens, Mossman River, QLD.
• Cicindela discreta subfasciata Horn, W. 1892. Einige neue Cicindeliden-Arten und Varietäten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1892: 369-372 [370].

  Type data:

   Holotype DEIB ♂, Sumatra.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1906. Revision of the Cicindelidae of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 309-360 pls XXV-XXXI [345]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, riparian, sea beaches, terrestrial.

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