Callytron yuasai

Callytron yuasai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Callytron
Species:
C. yuasai
Binomial name
Callytron yuasai
(Nakane, 1955)
Synonyms
  • Cicindela yuasai Nakane, 1955
  • Callytron miyakejimanum Nakane, 1961

Callytron yuasai, the Yuasa tiger beetle,[1] is a species of tiger beetle. This species is found in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan.[2]

The larvae of subspecies okinawense have been found in mangrove forests, where they made shallow burrows in mounds constructed by the mud lobster Thalassina anomala.[3]

Subspecies

  • Callytron yuasai yuasai (Nakane, 1955) (South Korea, Japan)
  • Callytron yuasai okinawense Hori & Cassola, 1989 (Japan, Taiwan)

References

  1. ↑ XiaoQiang Wu; Gary Shook (2010). "Common English and Chinese Names for Tiger Beetles of China". Journal of the Entomological Research Society. 12 (1).
  2. ↑ "Callytron yuasai". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
  3. ↑ Aya Satoh; Shuhei Hayaishi (August 2007). "Microhabitat and rhythmic behavior of tiger beetle Callytron yuasai okinawense larvae in a mangrove forest in Japan". Entomological Science. 10 (3): 231–235. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2007.00218.x.