Jansenia rugosiceps

Jansenia rugosiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Jansenia
Species:	J. rugosiceps
Binomial name
	Jansenia rugosiceps; (Chaudoir, 1865)

Jansenia rugosiceps is a species of tiger beetle found in southern India. They are found mainly on rocks and boulders on hills in scrub forest.^[1] An examination of pygidial gland chemical defenses found that the species does not produce significant benzaldehyde unlike many other tiger beetle species.^[2]

References[]

^ Acciavatti, R.E.; Pearson, D.L. (1989). "The tiger beetle genus Cicindela (Coleoptera. Insecta) from the Indian subcontinent". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 58: 223–224.
^ Pearson, David L.; Blum, Murray S.; Jones, Tappey H.; Fales, Henry M.; Gonda, E.; White, B. R. (1988). "Historical Perspective and the Interpretation of Ecological Patterns: Defensive Compounds of Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". The American Naturalist. 132 (3): 404–416. doi:10.1086/284860. ISSN 0003-0147. JSTOR 2461990. S2CID 84269460.

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[1] Acciavatti, R.E.; Pearson, D.L. (1989). "The tiger beetle genus Cicindela (Coleoptera. Insecta) from the Indian subcontinent". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 58: 223–224.

[2] Pearson, David L.; Blum, Murray S.; Jones, Tappey H.; Fales, Henry M.; Gonda, E.; White, B. R. (1988). "Historical Perspective and the Interpretation of Ecological Patterns: Defensive Compounds of Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)". The American Naturalist. 132 (3): 404–416. doi:10.1086/284860. ISSN 0003-0147. JSTOR 2461990. S2CID 84269460.

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