''Cosmodela barmanica'' is a species of

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found in Asia. The species was formerly treated as a subspecies of '' Cosmodela duponti''. The species has a disjunct distribution with one population in the Western Ghats of India and another extending from the northeast of India (Arunachal Pradesh) into Thailand, Myanmar until Malaysia. The species was described by Gestro in 1893 as a variety of ''Cicindela duponti'' on the basis of differences in the shades of the elytral side and sutural bands. His specimens were collected by

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and came from the Karen Hills of Burma. It was treated as a synonym of ''Cicindela duponti'' by

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in 1926 and then as subspecies by Rivalier who also created the new genus ''Cosmodela'' in 1961. The full species status was accorded on the basis of clear differences in colour, and shape of the male genitalia in 2021.

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Cicindelidae Beetles of India Beetles of Thailand Beetles of Myanmar Beetles of Malaysia Beetles described in 1893 {{Cicindelidae-stub