''Cicindela chinensis japonica'', commonly known as the Japanese tiger beetle, is a subspecies of
cicindela chinensis ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it ...
s native to
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
.
It is an aggressive hunter that can reach speeds of up to per hour.
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*This article incorporates information from the Norwegian Wikipedia.
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Beetles described in 1781
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