''Derocrania longesulcata'' is a species of tiger beetle

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to Western ghats of India. It was described from

Madikeri Madikeri (), earlier called as Mercara is city and headquarters of Kodagu district in the Karnataka state of India. It is recognised as one of the world's eight "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

Description

It has a shiny black body and around 9 to 11.5 mm long. The thorax is longer and narrower. The

elytra An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...

is wider than

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...

. While running like an ant it can emit a defensive chemical. The male of this species differs from ''Derocrania honorei'' by having a smaller head and flatter forehead.

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Cicindelidae Beetles of Asia Endemic arthropods of India {{Cicindelidae-stub