Jansenia

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Jansenia
Jansenia venus (Western Ghats, India)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Subtribe: Cicindelina
Genus: Jansenia
Chaudoir, 1865

Jansenia is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are at least 40 species in the genus, all of which are found only in South Asian region, with several endemic to India and Sri Lanka. The genus is characterized on the basis of the male genitalia.[1][2]

Etymology

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Chaudoir erected the genus name honoring Edward Wesley Janson, the secretary of the Entomological Society of London who gave him the first specimen Jansenia westermanni, the type species of the genus.[3][4]

Species

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These 40 species belong to the genus Jansenia:[1]

References

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