Manticora: A Monograph of the Genus (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, Manticora)This book is a study of one of the most extraordinary predatory beetles of the world that has been called the "Tyrannosaurs of the Insect World". |
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angle Angola apical attack base beetles BMNH body Botswana brown C. R. OWEN leg Cape Castelnau central collected colour considered convex covered Czech Republic DEIC densely described distinctly DISTRIBUTION dull Elytra expedition extremely eyes female flat genus granulated gruti habitat head holotype holubi Horn Hrdý imperator inner teeth Karoo known label larva later latipennis left mandible length less lion Little Little Karoo living livingstoni lobes locality longer male mandibles Manticora Mareš margin of disk MARS material Mozambique mygaloides Namibia narrow northern observed PARATYPE Péringuey pers Persian posterior prey prominent pronotum punctures rare reached River scabra serrated sides skrabali slender slightly smooth SMRŽ leg sometimes southern species specimens Svoboda synonym tail Thomson tibialis tooth Transvaal trees tuberculata tunnel Waterhouse Werner wide Zambia Zimbabwe